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Quinto Bookshop
Books

Secondhand bookstore Quinto moves from Charing Cross Road to Leyton

After 40 years in the West End, it’s now set up shop in Leyton Midland

Slope Leytonstone
Food & Drink

January 2024: fresh places to consider, from interiors to booze (and, yup, cafes)

Half a dozen new, newish and rebooted establishments

Culture

December new openings: Palmeira Restaurant, Mola, Joan The Store & more

New retail, pop-ups, Portuguese tapas and Leyton’s revived clapboard cafe

Blondies Leyton
Art

Blondies Brewery? We’ll take it. Plus 5 more hot new openings

The Clapton dive bar is expanding to E10, plus Gravity Well, great bagels and Francis Road

Culture

Patchworks: don’t miss its next two Culture Markets

Two vibrant markets take place from this weekend, plus a one-man show and Waterworks fundraiser

Art

Hooksmith: ‘My 6 fave artworks’ – and E20 Journal interview

The Leytonstone artist talks us through his most popular artworks

Community

Don’t miss: Leytonstone Loves Film & E11 Yard Sale

Two key annual happenings take place this week