London Buddhist Centre Located on Roman Road, the London Buddhist Centre used to be a fire station when it first opened in 1888. Nowadays its Victorian red-brick building is home not to fire engines but beautiful murals and ornate shrine rooms complete…
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Open House London, London’s biggest architecture festival allowing for free access to many of the capital’s beautiful buildings, is taking place this weekend, and there’s plenty to see in East London too. Many of Bethnal Green’s historic and fascinating buildings will open…
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Sarah Beydoun is a full time volunteer and the secretary of Teesdale & Hollybush Tenants and Residents Association, a TRA that has transformed parts of the estate that were once the focal points for anti-social behaviour into award-wining community gardens. Sarah’s involvement…
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With a new school year just around the corner, we’re bringing you Bethnal Green’s very own back-to-school action plan on essential must-haves with the perfect go-to stores. Whether you need long-lasting, custom uniforms from Khalsa Schoolwear, a pair of sturdy, hardwearing shoes…
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Take a Butcher’s down the old Frog ‘n’ Toad. See how it’s changed over the past century. Would you Adam ‘n’ Eve it? Enough of the cockney rhyming slang, tell me about the history… By the turn of the twentieth century the…
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On Saturday 22nd August, Tower Hamlets residents are invited to a free family festival of a world of fantasy and fairytale! The ‘Happy Ever After’ family festival will transform Weavers Field Pocket Park with amazing street performances, mystical storytelling, exciting crown-making workshops…
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