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Our guide to the Isle of Dogs’ best pubs

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 7 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

From a bar in a church vestry to Lord Nelson’s favourite boozer, the Isle of Dogs is home to a

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Discover a world of contrasts on the Isle of Dogs Thames Path

May 18, 2022May 20, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 200 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Among the glass towers and shopping malls, the Isle of Dogs hides a fascinating history. Take a walk down the

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Local issues lead as Mayoral candidates lock horns in Poplar

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 80 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

With local elections around the corner, speculation has grown that national politics will shape the vote. But for Poplar residents,

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A meeting of striking dockworkers outside the gates of West India Quay, 1889
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The Great Dock Strike

April 28, 2022April 30, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 119 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

In the summer of 1889, the dockworkers of East London brought the world’s largest trading port to a standstill. The

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SHEWOLVES Poplar Union teenage activism play
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SHEWOLVES: Poplar Union welcomes play about teenage climate activism

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 33 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Poplar Union welcomes SHEWOLVES, a new play about teenage activism, climate change, and female empowerment. Ever thought you should run

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Flower power: local florist Zoe Burton creates flower crown to raise money for Ukraine

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 44 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

The UK’s florist community has come together to fundraise for the Ukraine humanitarian appeal. On the four-week anniversary of Russia’s

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Robert Milligan slave trader statue being removed from Docklands.
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Statue of slave trader joins Museum of London collection

April 4, 2022April 13, 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch 51 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

A bronze monument to slave trader and merchant Robert Milligan will be ‘fully contextualised’ in the Docklands museum. The Museum

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Old photograph of Limehouse Chinatown, with a young child walking in front of a Chinese freemason society.
A child walks outside of a Chinese freemason society in Limehouse. Image: The Underground Map
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The Story of Limehouse’s Lost Chinatown

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Helen Brown 62 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

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

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Chrisp Street Market Spring Fayre for families.
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Celebrate the arrival of spring with Chrisp Street Market Spring Fayre

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 54 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Chrisp Street Spring Fayre will feature seasonal celebrations for the whole family to enjoy at the historic marketplace.  The first

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Kirk Whitelock hits the jackpot again with Aberfeldy Boxing Club

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 Helen Brown 209 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Former Tottenham scout Kirk Whitelock on opening Poplar’s Aberfeldy Boxing Club, tackling knife crime and food poverty, and providing a

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Poplar Union’s Paolo Fiorentini on the blank canvas of the East End

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022 Helen Brown 94 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Paolo Fiorentini tells of assimilating into life in London, dealing with grief through art, and teaching others how to use

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Meet Alan, the 23-year-old at the helm of Poplar’s family-run Vietnamese supermarket

February 11, 2022April 27, 2022 Helen Brown 261 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Why Alan Nguyen left his career as an accountant to run the family shop set up by his parents 23

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