Whitechapel LDN

01/08/2024

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation confirms review of Tower of London heritage site

Historic England said it and The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) have in the last few years sounded the alarm ‘about a number of proposals for tall buildings that would affect the Tower of London.’

UNESCO has confirmed it is seeking more information over concerns about the impacts of high-rise buildings on the Tower of London.

17/07/2024

Tower Hamlets Council will review the way it handles housing register applications after it took six months to review a decision not to place a woman who was fleeing domestic abuse on the housing register.

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The council will review the way it handles housing register applications after it took six months to review a decision not to place a woman who was fleeing domestic abuse on the housing register.

21/06/2024

Miriam Moses gave her life to the people of Stepney, pioneering what was then Tower Hamlet’s future, and now its innovative past.

Miriam Moses, born at 4 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, was the first female Jewish Mayor in the United Kingdom, serving in Stepney from 1931-1932. Furthermore, she was the first female mayor in Stepney.

Throughout her life, she accomplished phenomenal achievements. She was a champion of the community and provided a key support network for Jews, women, and victims of both world wars.

04/06/2024

Dancers flow through Whitechapel’s streets in Andrew Pierre Hart’s multidisciplinary exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery.

This immersive exhibition by Pierre Hart at Whitechapel Gallery represents Whitechapel’s migrant history and tells a story through dance, music, sculpture and painting.

The ‘Bio-Data Flows and Other Rythems – A Local Story’ exhibition is free and run until 7 July 2024.

31/05/2024

Janna Cafe: Cheap eats and friendly smiles at Whitechapel’s backstreet Somalian cafe

Inconspicuously located on quiet Fieldgate Street, just opposite the perma-popular Tayyabs, Janna Cafe offers homemade East African dishes that delight the stomach as much as the purse strings.

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28/05/2024

The best saree shops to visit in Whitechapel.

Check it out. https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/best-saree-shops/

17/05/2024

This is home: A Norwegian in Aldgate East

Norwegian living in Aldgate East. Victoria Brustad on moving from Norway’s capital city of Oslo to London's multicultural East End.

24/01/2024

Historic riverside gastropub The Gun on the Isle of Dogs offers traditional British food at an unbeatable riverside location.

24/01/2024

From market stall traders to lovers in the dim-lit corners of members’ clubs, Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi archived in*******al intimacy in post-war east London.

09/01/2024

After being forced into administration following HMRC’s ‘unreasonable demands’, founder Alex Wolpert has bought his independent business back.