In Shoreditch a monthly meeting called the Roundabout Kids has started to bring young entrepreneurs working in the the tech scene at the Silicon Roundabout together. Alex Nguyen and friend Vishal Ladwa thought it would be a good idea to have meetings for young professionals who want to start up…
A substantial drop in the number of high earners employed by Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham have been noted in a national survey of council employee remuneration by The Taxpayers’ Alliance. In 2011-12 Hackney Council reduced the number of employees earning more than £100,000 from 21 to 11. Tower Hamlets,…
A part-time DJ from Hackney, Natalie Coleman, inspired in the kitchen by her late grandmother, has won this year’s BBC’s MasterChef final. On national television the Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace said she was “destined for great things.” She “not only understands finery of great food but… cooks for…
On Wednesday April 24, BBC Three’s Free Speech came to Goldsmiths to record the fourth episode in the second series of the programme on the subject of ‘Rent Britain’- the difficulties that young people face in being able to set up their own homes. Rents in London are increasing 8…
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The Metropolitan Police could be setting up help points in faith buildings such as churches and mosques, in an attempt to better engage with diverse faith communities across the capital. That was one of the suggestions discussed at a conference organised by Faiths Forum For London, a charity which works…
Today, Whitechapel is more famous for its arts and creativity than as the home of East End crime and violence. Some however, are still troubled by echoes of its notorious past. “Jack the Ripper took two of his victims from these streets,” says social entrepreneur Alastair Sloan, brightly. “Since then,…
Rock star families: Macca’s daughter Stella is an internationally respected fashion designer, Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones is a critically acclaimed film maker, Jagger’s daughter, Georgia May, is fast becoming a popular catwalk model. Logan Plant is a brewer in Hackney. Son of Led Zeppellin front man Robert Plant, Logan Plant,…
A food blogger from Dalston has become an internet sensation by documenting every forkful of food she has consumed in the last year, even receiving marriage proposals for her efforts. Virginia Patania, has even created her own YouTube channel instructing users how to create their own culinary masterpieces. The Eating…
Sir Steve Bullock has lived in Forest Hill for 30 years and has been running Lewisham for eleven of them. Starting his career in the then Greater London Council in the 1970s, he left in 1986 and trained government officers, took a year out to get a post-graduate qualification at…
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“Blood Stained Headlines– the Woolwich Murder and Multicultural Life” by Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths
The deafening frequency of the sirens on Wednesday night was reminiscent of London after the 7th July bombings as the police cars and vans hurtled down the New Cross Road towards Woolwich. It is the soundtrack of the “war on terror” and lasted deep into the night. Against this piercing…
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