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'Unique' Bethnal Green gasholders face uncertain future
A petition to save the Bethnal Green gasholders has already gained more than 1000 signatures
Read MoreEducating the East End – top class drama
A programme about education or tear-jerking soap opera? We speak to the stars of Channel 4’s Educating the East End
Read MoreBells still tolling at Whitechapel foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was founded in 1570 and is the UK’s oldest manufacturing company
Read MoreFetishising East London's past
Why is there such a fascination for ‘grit and squalor’ representations of East London’s history?
Read MoreThe Morning Star: black, white and red all over
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
Read MoreInside Wilton's Music Hall
Wilton’s Music Hall is one of East London’s hidden gems, with a history as checkered as the characters that used to frequent it
Read MoreThe history of Club Row live animal market
All manner of domestic and exotic creatures including live lion cubs were once for sale at Club Row live animal market
Read MoreGeorge Orwell's East London footsteps
George Orwell spent a few months early in his career living rough in East London. Sixty-five years after the publication of his masterpiece 1984, the East End Review revisits the streets that influenced his writing to see what – if anything – has changed
Read MoreLast chance to catch Speakers' Corner project at Bishopsgate Institute
London institution dedicated to the principle of free speech is celebrated in photography and field recordings
Read MoreStamford Hill goes wild for Purim
Dancing, dressing up and eating and drinking to excess are some of the main features of this most jovial of Jewish festivals
Read MoreLess schmaltz, more syphilis: how Valentine’s Day is upping the anti
The annual love fest isn’t all about saccharine covered roses and teddy bears this year
Read MoreMacs from way back – East London's museum of all things Apple
The ‘Mac-smith’ Paul Marc Davis uses collection of rare computers and other Apple-related curios to create a museum on Hackney Road
Read MoreInvisible and living on our streets: the plight of Hackney’s homeless
Lives lived and lost in our midst by those ‘outside of society’
Read MoreWomen’s Institute group starts up in Hackney Wick
Hackney Wicked Women joins a growing number of WI groups across East London
Read MoreFundraising dinner for Hackney Winter Night Shelter
Charity event to raise cash to help homeless during winter months
Read MoreThe last days of Brooksby’s Snooker Hall
Alistair Siddons spent a day inside the old snooker hall on Brooksby’s Walk before it was handed over to developers. This is what he saw
Read MoreHow to find and use the fruits of the forage
Forager Jason Irving runs walks and classes in Hackney offering tips on how best to utilise wild plants
Read MoreHoxton Hall celebrates 150 years
Victorian Music Hall lays on a full programme of events to celebrate milestone anniversary
Read MoreHoming is where the heart is
Pigeon racer Albert Stratton reveals his love for a dying sport
Read MorePlot thickens in second series of Channel 4’s urban saga Top Boy
Mayor Jules Pipe refused to allow show’s producers to film on Hackney estates, but that hasn’t prevented them creating ‘damn good drama’
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