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

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

Ian Berry: Why he no longer wears denim and how in his art “The constant thing, taking away the portraits,

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

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

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

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

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

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

How the Isle of Dogs 10 day revolution gained global attention and forced Tower Hamlets Council to recognise the plight

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

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