This is Home: Luba Lukhanina, a Ukrainian refugee in Poplar
Luba Lukhanina, who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, reminisces about her childhood along the Dnieper River, the
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Life & living
Your guide to the communities, cultures, creative endeavours and personal stories of the people who live in the neighbourhoods around Poplar.
The reluctant housing hero: how octogenarian Derrick Cutler has campaigned tirelessly for his neighbours
From warehouse worker to housing advocate, octogenarian Derrick Cutler has seen Limehouse transform in real-time and fought on behalf of
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Streets in the sky: The utopian dreams of Poplar’s social housing
The 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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This is Home: Sheshe, a French-Algerian in Poplar
After nearly a decade in London, Sheshe is still in love with the city, and prouder than ever of her
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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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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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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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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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A day in the life of… Asma Begum, sewing teacher at More Life Home
Sewing teacher Asma Begum gives us an insight into her daily life, from creating a community of mothers to finding
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EastEnders Pie n’ Mash: Keeping Cockney tradition alive
EastEnders Pie n’ Mash is working hard to keep the Cockney tradition of pie n’ mash alive, we chat to
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