History
Balfron Tower: Unseen documents shed light on controversial sale
New website reveals information on all aspects on the Balfron Tower, from its revolutionary design to its refurbishment and sale into private hands
Read MoreHomes of the homeless: Seeking Shelter in Victorian London – a big issue then as now
The Geffrye Museum’s new exhibition charts the lives and struggles of homeless people in Victorian London
Read MoreCampaigners battle to save Norton Folgate from demolition
Historic site including Victorian warehouses and one time residence of Christopher Marlowe are under threat of redevelopment
Read MoreHow the Balfron Tower tenants were 'decanted' and lost their homes
When the Balfron Tower’s socially-housed tenants were asked to leave, many thought it was temporary. Now the empty building is to be sold privately
Read MoreCelebrating Women's History Month in East London
There’s a series of events going on all over East London to mark Women’s History Month
Read MoreHackney Autobiography project launched to remember Centerprise
Bookshop, cultural centre and community publisher Centerprise will be remembered in a lottery-funded oral history project
Read MoreHackney City Farm celebrates 30 year anniversary
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, Hackney City Farm was founded on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
Read MoreVandalism and the red hands of William Gladstone
Behind the red-handed statue of William Gladstone in Bow Churchyard is a story of silencing and resistance
Read MoreEast London Suffragettes: 'more diverse than middle-class women marching around dressed in white'
New book commemorates a hundred years since a group of East End women led by Sylvia Pankhurst set up a splinter group of suffragettes
Read More'Unique' Bethnal Green gasholders face uncertain future
A petition to save the Bethnal Green gasholders has already gained more than 1000 signatures
Read MoreEducating the East End – top class drama
A programme about education or tear-jerking soap opera? We speak to the stars of Channel 4’s Educating the East End
Read MoreBells still tolling at Whitechapel foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was founded in 1570 and is the UK’s oldest manufacturing company
Read MoreFetishising East London's past
Why is there such a fascination for ‘grit and squalor’ representations of East London’s history?
Read MoreThe Morning Star: black, white and red all over
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
Read MoreInside Wilton's Music Hall
Wilton’s Music Hall is one of East London’s hidden gems, with a history as checkered as the characters that used to frequent it
Read MoreThe history of Club Row live animal market
All manner of domestic and exotic creatures including live lion cubs were once for sale at Club Row live animal market
Read MoreGeorge Orwell's East London footsteps
George Orwell spent a few months early in his career living rough in East London. Sixty-five years after the publication of his masterpiece 1984, the East End Review revisits the streets that influenced his writing to see what – if anything – has changed
Read MoreLast chance to catch Speakers' Corner project at Bishopsgate Institute
London institution dedicated to the principle of free speech is celebrated in photography and field recordings
Read MoreMacs from way back – East London's museum of all things Apple
The ‘Mac-smith’ Paul Marc Davis uses collection of rare computers and other Apple-related curios to create a museum on Hackney Road
Read MoreHoxton Hall celebrates 150 years
Victorian Music Hall lays on a full programme of events to celebrate milestone anniversary
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