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Arthur outside of Calverts printing, on The Oval, Bethnal Green
Arthur at Calverts, The Oval. Photo by Lily Wakeley, © Social Street CIC
Arts & artists Cultural heritage Local 

How Calverts cooperative has helped form Bethnal Green’s riotous and artistic identity

January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Lily Wakeley 226 Views 1 Comment Features 9 min read

Channelling the seditious energy of printers from the 1600s, Calverts printing cooperative has been putting the activism into Bethnal Green

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La Forchetta restaurant exterior, Bethnal Green Road
Food & drink Lifestyle Local Restaurants & cafes 

La Forchetta restaurant review: a casual and celebratory Italian classic

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Lily Wakeley 183 Views 0 Comments Reviews 3 min read

La Forchetta’s large and cozy restaurant has withstood the test of time on Bethnal Green Road, thanks to its perennial

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The E Pellicci cafe signage, glowing fluorescent in the dark, Bethnal Green.
Photo by Lily Wakeley, © Social Street CIC
Culture & communities Local Society 

Three generations of E Pellicci: what it takes to run a world famous cafe

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Lily Wakeley 195 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

We talk to Bethnal Green’s most iconic sibling duo since the Kray twins, Anna and Nev – the third generation

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Fishmongers and their fish at Fresh Fish, Bethnal Green Road
Photo by Lily Wakeley, © Social Street CIC
Culture & communities Local Society Street markets 

A day in the life of Fresh Fish fishmonger Ramadan

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Lily Wakeley 102 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Fresh fish is a high street staple on Bethnal Green Road. We speak to the passionate fishmonger Ramadan about what

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Christmas scenes at Columbia Market, Bethnal Green
Local Society Street markets 

A Guide to Bethnal Green’s Best Community Christmas Events

December 3, 2021December 5, 2021 Lily Wakeley 132 Views 0 Comments Guides 5 min read

There is nothing that says Christmas more than the amuse-bouche assortment of tinsel tinted events that build up to the

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Younger Repton Boxing Club participants train with older coaches, Bethnal Green
The grit and focus it takes to add to the ranks of Repton Boxing Club's 500 national champions is no joke. © Andrew Leo
Boxing Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local 

The salvation offered by Repton Boxing Club

November 24, 2021March 31, 2022 Lily Wakeley 168 Views 0 Comments Features, Galleries 4 min read

Andrew Leo’s searingly beautiful photoessay captures the spirit of the legendary boxing club that was his salvation during lockdown. Andrew

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Large ash tree amongst the animal pens at Spitalfields City Farm, Shoreditch
A large ash tree, casting welcome shade for some of the resident champion racing goats © Rachel Ferriman
Leisure & recreation Lifestyle Local 

Spitalfields City Farm: Bethnal Green’s enchanting, community-spirited oasis

November 6, 2021November 15, 2021 Lily Wakeley 173 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

From large community feasts, the Oxford v. Cambridge Goat Race, and hens accidental feminist lores, Spitalfields City Farm is nothing

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The restaurant Morito amongst Georgian buildings covered in ivy on Hackney Road, Shoreditch
Local Things to do and places to visit Tours & trails 

Once fit for horse and cart, Hackney Road is now Bethnal Green’s artisanal and foodie heartland

November 3, 2021November 15, 2021 Lily Wakeley 174 Views 0 Comments Guides 7 min read

Local resident and writer, Lily Wakeley takes a stroll down Hackney Road to take in its medley of offerings: restaurants,

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The Laundrette of Dreams children's art installation shopfront by Yinka Ilori X Lego on Bethnal Green Road.
The Laundrette of Dreams installation, brightening up the dreariest of days.
Local Places to visit Things to do and places to visit 

Laundrette of Dreams: the Lego art installation championing playtime

October 25, 2021November 15, 2021 Lily Wakeley 157 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

The artist Yinka Ilori has reimagined the utilitarian laundrette as a play space of dreams, to inspire creativity even amidst

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Shop front of The Common Press Bookshop, which 'welcome' graphic and illustration of womxn reading books. Brick Lane.
The Common Press welcomes you into their bookshop, inviting us to hire their podcast studios and to rent their event space. © Glass House Projects
Lifestyle Local Restaurants & cafes 

Glass House Projects: Brick Lane’s radical new queer shop and venue

October 19, 2021November 15, 2021 Lily Wakeley 214 Views 0 Comments News 2 min read

It’s hard to miss the fabulous display of high-heeled buxom womxn reading on the glass front of Brick Lane’s new

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The Brick Lane Jamme Masjid with its sundial and minaret, Brick Lane, East London..
The Brick Lane Masjid with its 1743 sundial and 2009 minaret.
Cultural heritage Local Society 

The eternal message of Brick Lane Jamme Mosque’s sundial uniting Islam, Judaism and Christianity

October 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Lily Wakeley 237 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

From a Church, to a Synagogue and most recently a Mosque, the Brick Lane Jamme Masjid and its sundial have

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Bombed stub of Mulberry Tree enclosed by fencing, amongst the debris of the London Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green, in sepia.
The mulberry miraculously survived the utter devastation caused by bombing of the London Chest Hospital, carefully cordoned off amongst the debris.
Cultural heritage Local Society Things to do and places to visit Tours & trails 

On the trail of the Mulberry tree

October 11, 2021December 16, 2021 Lily Wakeley 173 Views 0 Comments Galleries 4 min read

It is nothing short of miraculous that Mulberry trees have survived in the UK given they don’t self-seed and are

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