Heritage and history

41 Millharbour: from office building and chess championship venue to apartment block. Photo by Holly Munks © Social Streets C.I.C.

USSR vs the world: the summer that chess met politics on the Isle of Dogs

Looking back at the unlikely connection between the Isle of Dogs and the Cold War’s most important chess match of

Hawksmoor's churches draw inspiration from classical Roman temples. Photo by Holly Munks ⓒ Social Streets CIC

St Anne’s Church guards the secrets of Limehouse from the shadows, but this overlooked Hawksmoor gem is a treasure trove

Blackwall in the 18th Century, about 100 years after the Jamestown Exhibition. Image of Painting at the National Maritime Museum.

When you think of the United States of America, Blackwall may not be the first thing that jumps to mind.

Door of Sailors Palace in Limehouse. Image by Robert Postings

Originally set up to support immigrants from former British colony Hong Kong, the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets is keeping

The No.70 steam locomotive, ‘Poplar’, is returning to its East London home for a weekend of educational activities to mark

A child walks outside of a Chinese freemason society in Limehouse. Image: The Underground Map

Limehouse was London’s first Chinatown, home to a tightly-knit community demonised in popular culture and eventually erased from the cityscape.

One hundred years after the Poplar Rates Rebellion, a series of events celebrating the ordinary people who fought to change

To celebrate ten years of BBC’s Call the Midwife we share the real-life stories of the Poplar residents who inspired

Chrisp Street Market is at the heart of Poplar and has been a key part of the East End community

Archive image of Poplar's White Horse pub, 1930

The life of Mary East, the LGBTQ+ pub landlord of 1700s Poplar, is a story of extortion and gender-fluidity.