Posts Tagged ‘History’
Fetishising East London's past
Why is there such a fascination for ‘grit and squalor’ representations of East London’s history?
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 MoreStill Angry? John Barker on the Angry Brigade and his new novel Futures
John Barker found notoriety as a member of the Angry Brigade, an urban guerilla group based in Stoke Newington which undertook a bombing campaign during the 1970s. Having served his time, he is now an author with a new book about drugs and 1980s capitalism
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 MoreBrick Lane is remembered in photographs
An exhibition and book by photographer Phil Maxwell show how one of East London’s most famous streets has evolved across the decades
Read MoreProject to celebrate retired Caribbean nurses’ experiences will host first gathering this month
Scheme by Black Arts Women will result in exhibition at Hackney Museum later this year
Read MoreHackney’s historic Bishop Wood Almshouses put up for sale by charity
Homes intended for poor could be turned into luxury flats if snapped up by developer
Read MoreColumbia Road: A Strange Kind of Paradise – review
Linda Wilkinson’s book is a cornucopia of delights about history of famous East End street
Read MoreHoxton Hall celebrates 150th anniversary
Series of fundraising events to mark momentous history
Read MoreHow Hackney helped refugees from the Spanish Civil War
Conflict between republicans and Franco’s forces resonated profoundly with people of the borough
Read MoreCenterprise – the radical past of a much missed Hackney institution
Iconic bookshop and cultural centre closed its doors last year but had a remarkable history, finds Dominic Simpson
Read MoreHow Edwardian founder of Clapton family business electrified the Hackney Empire
Grandson tells how forebear’s work at playhouse helped him set up iconic institution
Read MoreWalk down a Well-trodden street
Hackney’s Well Street has long been a hub for local business and is where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade
Read MoreShoreditch Storybank launches at Hoxton Hall
Local history project is collecting memories of Shoreditch and Hoxton for an audio walking tour
Read MoreLocal history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing
Read MoreHackney remembers – young historians to uncover WWI legacy
Lottery grant awarded to local schools for Great War commemoration project
Read MoreThe Geffrye Museum – there’s no place like home
The former 18th century almshouses are one of Kingsland Road’s best kept secrets
Read MoreQueens of the Undead – Black history brought up to date
Kimathi Donkor’s exhibition explores African and Carribean history as well as racial tensions today
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