Things To Do
Just who or what is Leyton & Stone?
A bunch of local designer-makers have formed a group to support the emerging creative community in Leyton and Leytonstone. Here’s how you can be a part of it
Love Epping Forest? Look at this poster
London Transport Museum has commissioned these atmospheric new posters celebrating the capital’s open spaces
Must Do: this weekend
A free gig to mark Record Store Day, storytelling for the nippers – and a exhibition of close-ups at the bakery
How ‘unhealthy’ are our local high streets?
Today’s report into which UK high streets feature the most ‘bad’ shops raises an inevitable question: how do the High Roads of E11, E10 and beyond rank?
MUST DO: Stones Throw Market E11
A beautifully retro poster, and two friends finally plucking up the courage to start their own vintage fair. What’s not to like?
Ich Bin: Liz Allan, owner, Leyton Yoga
‘My second career has taught me that life and passion and work can all be one, and that service to others uplifts the mind and body’
MUST DO: this weekend
A new two-week exhibition influenced by life in E11, and a vintage fair for a bargain or two
So why Leytonstoner?
Contributing editor Miranda Eason moved here fifteen years ago. Here, she explains what the Leytonstoner is all about
Free afternoon? A highwayman’s trail through Epping Forest
Just a few stops east of Leytonstone on the Central Line is this scenic weekend stroll
Video: inside Mama Afrika’s Kulcha Shap
Meet manager Omowale Kwaw – from an outlet which has stood on Leyton High Road for nearly 20 years