From scallops to skyscrapers: what does the closure of Billingsgate Fish Market mean for Tower Hamlets?
Tower Hamlets street markets have long adapted to its changing, entrepreneurial population. 800 years old, what does the fish market’s
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Tower Hamlets street markets have long adapted to its changing, entrepreneurial population. 800 years old, what does the fish market’s
Read moreThis year’s festive trip to Poplar with our favourite midwives from Nonnatus House will be a double-bill special. The BBC
Read moreHenry Moore carved his ‘Draped Seated Woman’ for a Stepney Council Estate, so is its current home in Canary Wharf
Read moreAnything goes at this gem of a theatre on the Isle of Dogs treasured by emerging writers and performers –
Read moreLuba Lukhanina, who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, reminisces about her childhood along the Dnieper River, the
Read moreFrom warehouse worker to housing advocate, octogenarian Derrick Cutler has seen Limehouse transform in real-time and fought on behalf of
Read moreThe first in a four-part series about the threat to Poplar’s pioneering social housing, we look at how post-war architects
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Read moreAfter nearly a decade in London, Sheshe is still in love with the city, and prouder than ever of her
Read moreA new display at the Bromley-by-Bow Centre connects physical space to well-being and invites you to reimagine health from the
Read moreSt Anne’s Church guards the secrets of Limehouse from the shadows, but this overlooked Hawksmoor gem is a treasure trove
Read moreBromley-by-Bow Centre has teamed up with other charities in the borough to launch a programme of pop-up Repair Cafés helping
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