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The word on the words: EastLondonLines at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival – [Live Blog]

The word on the words: EastLondonLines at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival – [Live Blog]

This weekend EastLondonLines is at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival . If you want to follow the festival on Twitter, use the hashtag #SNLF2012, and keep checking back on this post for the latest reviews, updates and gossip as it comes!…

Hackney: London Fields to Victoria Park

Hackney: London Fields to Victoria Park

This easy-going route starts in the fashionable London Fields and ends in East London’s largest green space, Victoria Park, taking in the winding Regent’s Canal – and the bustling Broadway Market on Saturdays.…

Tower Hamlets: Brick Lane to Broadway Market

Tower Hamlets: Brick Lane to Broadway Market

This short but busy cycle route is jam packed with things to do and is perfect for a easy going weekend. It takes you through three of the East End’s most popular markets – Brick Lane, Columbia Road and Broadway.…

Top five tips for safe cycling in London this weekend

Top five tips for safe cycling in London this weekend

Whether you are new to cycling in London, or a seasoned veteran, safety should always be on your mind. We’ve put together five of our top tips to keep you rolling!…

Vox pop: Should the Clissold Park café have changed its menu?

Vox pop: Should the Clissold Park café have changed its menu?

EastLondonLines asked customers in the Clissold Park café in Stoke Newington about recent changes to the café’s menu, after it was accused of alienating customers.…

Brick Lane to Broadway – East End market ride

Brick Lane to Broadway – East End market ride

This short but busy cycle route is jam packed with things to do and is perfect for a easy going weekend. It takes you through three of the East End’s most popular markets – Brick Lane, Columbia Road and Broadway.…

A cut throat profession: the dying art of sword swallowing

A cut throat profession: the dying art of sword swallowing

Most people won’t be surprised to hear that sword swallowing is a dying art. But for the daring few who make a living from it, this Friday is a chance to show the world that there’s more to this cut-throat profession than meets the eye.…

Café prices turn park into ‘poor man’s Hampstead’

Café prices turn park into ‘poor man’s Hampstead’

The new café in the recently renovated Clissold House has become the centre of a heated debate over whether it is affordable for local residents.…

To Christina Patterson – an elegy to an eyesore

To Christina Patterson – an elegy to an eyesore

The Independent’s columnist Christian Patterson today described Ghost Bikes as ‘rusty eyesores’. Here, our writer Will Coldwell responds.…

“Radical overhaul” of police stop and search measures needed

“Radical overhaul” of police stop and search measures needed

Statistically, it shouldn’t take long to find somebody who has been subject of a police stop and search – one in 17 black people in Tower Hamlets have had this experience. Yet it was depressingly predictable when the first person asked admits that yes, he is one of them.…

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