Posts Tagged ‘History’
Mysteries unearthed in Shoreditch excavation of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre
‘Unusual passageway’ discovered under stage where first actors to play Romeo and Juliet trod the boards
Read MoreHousing could be built behind Stoke Newington Town Hall to help cover maintenance costs
Millions have been spent to shore up grade II-listed Church Street building, which is a popular wedding venue
Read MoreMemories to be brought to life at Lower Clapton history event at Round Chapel
Exhibition, storytelling and film screenings to take place next month as part of Lower Clapton Heritage Project
Read MoreThey shall not pass! Commemorating the Battle of Cable Street
This month a series of events marks 80 years since this defining episode in East London’s history
Read MoreExhibition reveals rich cultural history of Stamford Hill’s Jewish community
Sharing Our Stories: Jewish Stamford Hill, 1930s–1950s focuses on memories of Jewish community through film, photography and story-telling
Read MoreA Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – book review
Historian Travis Elborough charts the fascinating history of parks, those little pockets of nature most of us take for granted
Read MoreWalk this way – history buffs take a tour of De Beauvoir
This Victorian enclave of Hackney boasts Jacobean-styled finery as well as architectural oddities
Read MoreFeminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus
Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past
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 MoreBells still tolling at Whitechapel foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was founded in 1570 and is the UK’s oldest manufacturing company
Read More‘This land is our land’: the Lammas Day ‘riots’ of August 1892
Benjamin Mortimer recounts a Victorian fight for local land
Read MoreFetishising East London's past
Why is there such a fascination for ‘grit and squalor’ representations of East London’s history?
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 MoreStill Angry? John Barker on the Angry Brigade and his new novel Futures
John Barker found notoriety as a member of the Angry Brigade, an urban guerilla group based in Stoke Newington which undertook a bombing campaign during the 1970s. Having served his time, he is now an author with a new book about drugs and 1980s capitalism
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 MoreBrick Lane is remembered in photographs
An exhibition and book by photographer Phil Maxwell show how one of East London’s most famous streets has evolved across the decades
Read MoreProject to celebrate retired Caribbean nurses’ experiences will host first gathering this month
Scheme by Black Arts Women will result in exhibition at Hackney Museum later this year
Read MoreHackney’s historic Bishop Wood Almshouses put up for sale by charity
Homes intended for poor could be turned into luxury flats if snapped up by developer
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