A sunny East End Cycle. Image: I Bike London
If you fancy getting outside and stretching your legs this Easter weekend, we have mapped out four family-friendly cycle routes that take in the best of the boroughs along the EastLondonLine: parks, canals, markets and greenery.
Two separate knife attacks over the weekend in Croydon have left one man dead and two injured.
The Body Adorned Pic: The Horniman Museum
Why do we wear what we wear? Does the way we dress have deeper meaning or is dress superficial? What influences our choice of dress? These are just some of the questions asked by the people behind The Horniman Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘The Body Adorned’. (more…)
Helen Mirren to support Half Moon Theatre pic: Half Moon Theatre
Dame Helen Mirren has urged local people to support a community-based Tower Hamlets theatre group which is appealing for funds to complete a £280,000 revamp of its current premises.
The story of Hackney’s infamous so called ‘Mole Man’ is celebrated in a series of songs based on folk tales from the five Olympic boroughs.
Hands on! Pic: The Horniman Museum
We have put together a video guide of what’s going on in the museums and galleries along the East London Line over the Easter holidays. This is what’s going on in Lewisham.
The Geffrye Museum. Pic: John Hammond
We have put together a video guide of what’s going on in the museums and galleries along the East London Line over the Easter holidays. This is what Hackney has to offer.
Zoe Hamilton-Peters and Carlos Quiñones’ art installation www.podia.org.uk
The Cultural Olympiad will be coming to Lewisham in April in the shape of five podiums set up in different locations across the borough by local artists backed by local arts organisations. The Podia Project will be launched on April 12th at a secret venue to be announced nearer the time. (more…)
The Pembury Estate
An 18-month undercover sting operation, coordinated by the Metropolitan Police and Hackney Council led to the sentencing this week of more than 30 gang members. (more…)
Homelessness campaigners who have taken over two unoccupied flats in Lewisham are now aiming to move families with young children into the properties. (more…)
