East London Food & Culture

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Art

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

Art

Love Epping Forest? Look at this poster

London Transport Museum has commissioned these atmospheric new posters celebrating the capital’s open spaces

Family

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

News & Gossip

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?

Art

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?

Health & Fitness

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’

Art

MUST DO: this weekend

A new two-week exhibition influenced by life in E11, and a vintage fair for a bargain or two

News & Gossip

So why Leytonstoner?

Contributing editor Miranda Eason moved here fifteen years ago. Here, she explains what the Leytonstoner is all about

Must Do

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

Shopping

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