PRIDE MONTH ends with a celebration in Tower Hamlets, as the Council holds a Pride Picnic Summer Bandstand Celebration in Victoria Park. The event last from 12 noon to 5pm on Sunday, 28th June. Bring a blanket and your picnic ...
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Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-8
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. Fifty years ago the ...
Read More »The Muslim International Film Festival is back!
THE SECOND Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) will take place from 2nd-5th July at the Odeon Luxe West End in Leicester Square. The festival opens with a gala screening of Hijra and closes with the documentary Human Tide. There’s plenty ...
Read More »Grammy-winning Talay Riley killed in Silvertown
A MAN killed in a double stabbing in Silvertown on Friday was originally named as Mark Orayibi. That was indeed his birth name, but he was better known as Grammy-winning musician who used the stage name Talay Riley. The revelation ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-8
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. We hate to be ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-6
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. Which band knocked Brotherhood ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-6
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. As the strains of ...
Read More »UEL plans festival day in June
SAVE THE DATE! The University of East London (UEL) is staging a Royal Docks Innovation & Enterprise Summer Festival on 3rd June. It’s going to be a mixture of fun and new experiences. Your Wednesday by the Royal Docks offers ...
Read More »Tower of London: authentic but out of reach
THE MOST authentic castle in England nestles at the western end of Tower Hamlets, but locals trying to visit face a huge barrier: the cost. Recent research has found that the Tower from which Tower Hamlets gets half its name ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-5
FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. It really wasn’t a ...
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