Culture and communities

Eric in the Chinese Restaurant he runs in Poplar.

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

Concentrating on calligraphy. Image by Robert Postings.

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

The Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets. Image by Robert Postings.

Inside Sailors’ Palace, one of Limehouse’s last remaining Edwardian buildings, you will find a small slice of China complete with

How arts and education charity Stitches in Time and its manufacturing arm FabricWorks are tackling isolation within the community and

Photography by Jimmi Ho © Barter Archive

This January, Bill Thornton of the Billingsgate Fish Market in Canary Wharf was awarded a Medal of the Order of

Sewing teacher Asma Begum gives us an insight into her daily life, from creating a community of mothers to finding

EastEnders Pie n’ Mash is working hard to keep the Cockney tradition of pie n’ mash alive, we chat to