Tower Hamlets

Malam Gardens gas lamp

Traditional lamps on East London’s last gas-lit street may be replaced by LEDs

Residents of a historic East London street have submitted plans to replace their traditional gas lamps with LED lights, while

Hooray for Hollywood

Hollywood’s Golden Age comes to life at Whitechapel theatre

A show celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age is set to begin a five-day run at Wilton’s Music Hall in Whitechapel. Hooray

Photograph of the 4 October march through Cable Street, with London skyscrapers in the background

East London celebrates Cable Street 90th anniversary

Trade union leaders, MPs, and academics have praised this month’s commemorations marking the anniversary of the ‘Battle of Cable Street’.

Queer charity to screen documentary exploring the realities of chemsex

Chemtrail: The Journey will bring four personal stories of chemsex and recovery to the big screen in Shoreditch. Impulse London

Participants of the 90th anniversary commemorations, with their back to the camera.

WATCH: 90 years later, the Battle of Cable Street still resonates in the East End

On Sunday 4 October, locals and supporters gathered in Tower Hamlets to march to mark the 90th anniversary of the

Marchers pass a 15m x 20m mural depicting the Battle of Cable Street, a historic clash between police, fascist protestors, and counter protestors in London’s East End. A woman holds up a sign in front of the mural reading “I believe that one fine day, I believe that one fine day, the power of love will rise above the love of power.”

Thousands march in East London to mark 90 years since Battle of Cable Street

Two lambs in the straw at Stepney City Farm

London city farm fears deadly disease outbreak after drought

Dancers and a flot at the Brick Lane Curry Festival.

Brick Lane Curry Festival returns promising to be ‘bigger, better and spicier’

A number of posters protesting the Brick Lane data centre and mocking the current Labour government (with expletives partially redacted).

Brick Lane community concerned for livelihoods after data centre plans approved

Biogas sauna powered by food waste built at R-Urban Poplar in UK first

WATCH: Tower Hamlets event celebrates South Asian heritage and promotes women’s health

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