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Wood engraving depicting Columbia Market hall which was the Victorian precursor to Columbia Road Flower Market that exists today in Bethnal Green

Image from V&A archives, ca. 1873

Columbia Road: from failed fish market to thriving flower market

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Niamh O'Neill 65 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Columbia Road Flower Market has evolved from its murky Victorian past into one of London’s most popular destinations. Many Londoners

Outside of Rich Mix Cultural Arts Centre on Bethnal Green Road

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Rich Mix to host Women of the Lens Film Festival

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Niamh O'Neill 48 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Women Of The Lens Film Festival will be returning to London on Saturday 23 and Saturday 30 April, at Rich

Two people's hands picking up slices of Flat Earth pizzas from a table with many pizzas on it

Photo by Aleksandra Boruch

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Flat Earth Pizzas to launch first permanent restaurant

April 12, 2022April 13, 2022 Niamh O'Neill 32 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

A pop-up restaurant, awarded the most sustainable food business in 2021, is set to open its first permanent establishment on

John Allin's illustration of Spitalfields market, part of the Gentle Authors community tourism project.

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The Gentle Author launches Spitalfields Walking Tour

April 4, 2022April 12, 2022 Niamh O'Neill 46 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

The writer of East End culture, the Gentle Author, has announced the launch of a community tourism project in Spitalfields,

Billy Taylor, Repton Boxing Club champion and actor, boxing on film, Bethnal Green

Billy Taylor boxing on film © Z360 Photography

Boxing Local Society

Repton Boxing Club champion Billy Taylor’s obituary

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022 Lily Wakeley 75 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

East Ender Billy Taylor’s illustrious career spanned that from Olympic boxing champ, a member of the Territorial Army, to starring

Vagina Museum, Victoria Park Gardens, Bethnal Green.

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The Vagina Museum relocates to Bethnal Green

February 25, 2022March 1, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 88 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

Bethnal Green is home to many museums: V&A Museum of Childhood, The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, and Museum of

Margo Marshall performing at Disco 54, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club © BGWMC

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How Bethnal Green Working Man’s Club has become the UK’s favourite queer venue

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Lily Wakeley 127 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

In an interview with drag star Margo Marshall, we explore the ways BGWMC maintains its working class routes whilst embracing

Antonio Lopez Reche's recreation of 'Woman and Fish' in Millway Park. Image courtesy of www.inspiringcity.com

Arts & artists Campaigns Local Society

The replacement of Frank Dobson’s lost ‘Woman and Fish’

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Lily Wakeley 430 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

In an era of statue removals, the imminent replacement of Frank Dobson Square’s namesake sculpture is an antithetical commentary on

Charista Restaurant, Home of Chai Nashta, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green

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Charista Restaurant Review: Bengali home-cooking in the heart of Shoreditch

February 12, 2022March 31, 2022 Lily Wakeley 158 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

This recently opened Bengali restaurant is unique to the surrounding Indian curry houses, with modern interiors and real home-cooked food.

Paul Brumsom portrait on Fournier Street,

Cultural heritage Huguenot Local Society

Paul Blumsom’s personal pilgrimage into his working class Huguenot history

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 Lily Wakeley 249 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

Paul’s book about his grandfather tells the working class and Huguenot history of Bethnal Green – of refugee silk-weavers, Jack

Nancy Kray portrait in her home, by Photographer Andrew Leo. Daughter of Charlie Kray.

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Nancy Kray: surviving the fallout of Britain’s most notorious mobsters

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Lily Wakeley 340 Views 1 Comment Features 8 min read

After 21 years silenced, Nancy Kray – the niece of Bethnal Green gangster twins – shares what it means to

Eleanor Crow's oil painting of 'Interior at Bethnal Green Library

‘Interior at Bethnal Green Library’ by Eleanor Crow; 2021; oil on linen; 46 x 31cm w x h; (18 x 12” w x h); photograph by Steve Russell Studios

Arts & artists Local Society

Painter Eleanor Crow: Bethnal Green’s accidental archivist

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Lily Wakeley 113 Views 0 Comments Galleries 3 min read

Eleanor Crow’s illustrated world of the East End prove that paintings can develop lives of their own, instigating surprising and

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