Above one of many events at the National Gallery Saturday Family Events at National Gallery Saturday London Festival of Architecture is well underway and on Saturday 9th June 2018 there are a number of free
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Category: News in and around Bow
Our Bow: News and events in and around Bow, East London, from the Geezers.
Rebel World Cup, New Writing, Bubble Rush Runners, Music Festival and ABBA.
Grim News on the Streets Late last week a cyclist was filmed threatening a driver with an enormous ‘zombie-killer’ knife in Croydon. Saturday’s Daily Mail reports that two teenagers were rushed to hospital following a
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The weird world of the Ofo dockless bikes
It was on the 10th March that I encountered a lone yellow Ofo bike near Here East. I read the instructions written on it, downloaded the app, confidently credited my account with £10 – then
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London Nights: exhibition review
Above – DVD cover of the restored 1929 film. “…stylish evocation of Jazz Age London…” “…ranging from the opulent West End nightclub to seedy Limehouse.” Not in the exhibition. This photo exhibition is on until
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Forgotten Suffragettes
A lady called Esther kindly emailed us about the incredible suffragette stories almost nobody knows about. Esther says, “While statues of Millicent Fawcett are all well and good, in this centenary year of *some* women getting the
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