Opening last month, the V&A East Storehouse is a huge, three floor warehouse offering precedented access to the V&A collections and archives. Billed as a “unique new museum experience,” the …
See three floors of wonderful treasures at the remarkable V&A East Storehouse in Hackney Wick, London – 28 photos Read More
Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of Reclaim the Streets, an anti-capitalist direct action movement that was active in the late 1990s into the early 2000s. Our sister site urban75 documented …
In photos & video: Reclaim The Streets 30th anniversary free party in Victoria Park, east London Read More
On a chilly and wet evening last week, I embarked on a bracing walk from Bethnal Green in east London to Warren Street. Here’s 40 photos from that walk:
An evening photo walk in London from Bethnal Green to Warren Street via Shoreditch Read More
Last Saturday, the Fero Arts Collective, Zero_LDN and ReSpace Projects hosted an Open House event at Gillett Cubed, which included a sustainable fashion catwalk. The fashion show was curated by …
In photos: Gillett Cubed – Open House and sustainable catwalk, Dalston, 26th Oct 2019 Read More
Brixton-based fashion activists Fero Arts Collective hosted an open house and sustainable fashion show in Dalston Gillett Square recently. Photographer Viola Spanu was there to capture the action:
Dalston Open House: Fero Arts Collective fashion show with Zero London, 8th Sept 2019 Read More
My east London wanderings along the River Lea Navigation took me to the Here East tech park in Stratford, which was completely deserted at 7pm on a Sunday night. Here’s some …
Hubs & clusters. A walk around a deserted tech park at night: Here East, Stratford, east London, Feb 2019 Read More
Here’s fifty photographs documenting an east London canal-side walk along the River Lee Navigation from Bow to Hackney Wick, past Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London Stadium. It’s a …
Bow to Hackney Wick canalside walk: barges, street art, buildings and twilight, Feb 2019 Read More
Easily my favourite exhibition of the last twelve months, Doreen Fletcher’s Retrospective showcases a stunning collection of urban street views painted around east London.
Must see: Doreen Fletcher’s incredible East London urban street paintings at the Nunnery Gallery, London E3 Read More
Serving its last customer in early 2011, The Old Rose was a traditional old dockworkers pub situated on the once-notorious Highway in London’s East End. With redevelopment and demolition leaving …
Lost Pubs of London: The Old Rose, The Highway, Wapping E1 – ‘vinegar beer, green interior and odd locals’ Read More
Here’s a selection of photos taken around Brick Lane and Shoreditch showing off some of the street art that pretty much covers the main thoroughfares.
In photos: Street art and graffiti of Shoreditch and Brick Lane, East London Read More
There was rock and roll reverberating along the streets of east London last Sunday, as the Urban Voodoo Machine led a march to the Clerkenwell Festival after party.
Rock’n’Roll in the streets with the Urban Voodoo Machine at the Clerkenwell Festival Read More
Situated close to the northern end of the cable car running from North Greenwich is a long-derelict pub with a fascinating history, The Tidal Basin Tavern.
Tidal Basin Tavern, east London – Shootings, Siouxsie and The Leather Boys Read More