Pop-up Repair Café workshops to be held across the borough throughout 2024
Bromley-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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Culture
Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Poplar’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity, and what we are passionate about.
Beyond the Denim: Ian Berry on art and community
Ian Berry: Why he no longer wears denim and how in his art “The constant thing, taking away the portraits,
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This is Home: Chinese in Poplar
In our series celebrating the diversity of Tower Hamlets, we spoke to Eric from Beijing. Now running a Chinese restaurant
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From Blackwall to Jamestown: England’s first colony in America
When you think of the United States of America, Blackwall may not be the first thing that jumps to mind.
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Ping pong, calligraphy and tai-chi for a new generation of East End Chinese
Limehouse’s Chinatown may have relocated to Soho but the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets still provides tea, table tennis, calligraphy
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Sailors’ Palace today: A very Chinese affair in a very British building
Inside Sailors’ Palace, one of Limehouse’s last remaining Edwardian buildings, you will find a small slice of China complete with
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Hidden in plain sight: Limehouse’s Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets
Originally set up to support immigrants from former British colony Hong Kong, the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets is keeping
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Stitches in Time: empowering women with sewing for 30 years
How arts and education charity Stitches in Time and its manufacturing arm FabricWorks are tackling isolation within the community and
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Isle of Dogs Unilateral Declaration of Independence: a revolt, a joke, or a tactical stroke of genius
How the Isle of Dogs 10 day revolution gained global attention and forced Tower Hamlets Council to recognise the plight
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Billingsgate fishmonger, Bill Thornton, receives BEM for serving the community in Docklands
This January, Bill Thornton of the Billingsgate Fish Market in Canary Wharf was awarded a Medal of the Order of
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Back on track: Victorian steam engine returns to Poplar
The No.70 steam locomotive, ‘Poplar’, is returning to its East London home for a weekend of educational activities to mark
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The Great Dock Strike
In the summer of 1889, the dockworkers of East London brought the world’s largest trading port to a standstill. The
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