Culture and communities

Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse tells-all about her relationship with the Labour Party after a rocky year

After getting the whip withdrawn within just eighteen days of the election, Poplar and Limehouse Labour MP Apsana Begum is

Poplar activist Sangeeta Pillai is on a mission to break taboos for South Asian women using a microphone as her

Muhsin Mahmud has just returned from the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards, where his passion for media started

Affable and down to earth, Asuquo uses everything from kids’ books to reels to teach normal people about their finances.

Tower Hamlets street markets have long adapted to its changing, entrepreneurial population. 800 years old, what does the fish market’s

This year’s festive trip to Poplar with our favourite midwives from Nonnatus House will be a double-bill special. The BBC

Luba Lukhanina, who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, reminisces about her childhood along the Dnieper River, the

From warehouse worker to housing advocate, octogenarian Derrick Cutler has seen Limehouse transform in real-time and fought on behalf of

The first in a four-part series about the threat to Poplar’s pioneering social housing, we look at how post-war architects

After nearly a decade in London, Sheshe is still in love with the city, and prouder than ever of her

In our series celebrating the diversity of Tower Hamlets, we spoke to Eric from Beijing. Now running a Chinese restaurant

Limehouse’s Chinatown may have relocated to Soho but the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets still provides tea, table tennis, calligraphy