East London Food & Culture

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Design & Style

You’ll never look at local architecture in the same way again

Michael de la Lama walks the streets with a unique take on what makes the houses in E10 and E11 so fascinating

Coffee

Lockdown walks? Six handy ideas

From canalside coffee to medieval churches, murals and ancient filter beds, shake up your strolls

Art

Six Things We Learnt This Week: Black History Month, Luna Lounge RIP and more

How to mark the start of Black History Month locally. Plus Leytonstone Loves Film, Mora, and Abbott’s Park

History

St John’s Churchyard – and the hidden tomb of the man who set free slaves

Wander round Leytonstone’s oasis for fascinating local tales – not least the philanthropic Buxton family

Art

A potted history of Leytonstone’s amazing art scene

Siobhan Davies on how E11 and the surrounding areas have been a magnet for the greats for nearly a century

Drinking

The Red Lion: a potted history from 1670 to now

We salute a local architectural classic

History

Hollow Pond: a brief history

Ponder its genesis as you amble across E11’s bucolic open space

Leyton Cricket Pavillion exterior today
Eating

The latest on Leyton Cricket Pavilion becoming a foodie hub

The historic local building is to be transformed thanks to one and a half million quid’s worth of lottery funding

History

Heard about the Woodhouse Players?

The local drama group regularly get sell-out crowds at their intelligent productions. And the last three nights of their current double bill take place this week

Exterior of the Birds pub - a wall of bird paintings
Drinking

Hitchcock: a short pilgrimage around Leytonstone

Have you ever actually stopped to look at those mosaics in the subway? And was the great director really banged up at the age of five?