Judge warns teenager: ""It's not tough to carry a knife

A TEENAGE boy was left in no doubt that it s not tough to carry a knife after he appeared before a district judge. The 14-year-old from the Mile End area had been spotted dropping a lock knife on the floor in Mile End Road by police when they were called...

Global credit crisis opens the door to rebuild Socialist politics according to expert

THE current crisis in global financial markets presents a crucial moment of opportunity to rebuild the Left in politics, one of Britain s foremost socialist thinkers told a public meeting in Bethnal Green. Professor Alex Callinicos, a prolifi...

Ask the people if they want Bancroft sold, PM tells Town Hall leaders

By Ted Jeory PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has told Tower Hamlets council to consult residents before selling Bancroft Library to Queen Mary College. But although the Government today told the Advertiser it recognised the proposed sale was an emotive issu...

Glamourous conwoman jailed for six years after tricking art world's very best

A glamorous conwoman who tricked leading auction houses out of gems and antiques was jailed for six years last week. Shahra Marsh, 52, fooled Christies, Sotheby s, Bonhams and French auctioneers into believing she could afford the most expensive lots on...

East End Life would serve the community better fortnightly

Deputy Editor Ted Jeory delivers his weekly take on East End politics ISN T IT heartening to know that while the whole world grapples with rippling credit crunch effects and plunging stock markets, and businesses and individuals struggle to save, recessi...

Petition launched to shoot down Gun Wharf development

CAMPAIGNERS have set up an online petition to protest against a proposed housing development that would add hundreds more people to the population of Bow and increase pressure on already stretched transport, health and education services. The controversi...

Ramadan fund-raising tops £1,2m in East London mosque campaign

The East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre concluded Ramadan in high spirits after a successful month of fundraising, raising over £1.2 million towards the mosque s expansion plans. The money was raised from viewers of ethnic satellite channel, Chan...

Letters

Morrisons: Why is ex-Mayor supporting failure to replace ‘like for like’?

Dear Editor, I AM appalled at Cllr Ann Jackson’s comments in the latest Bow West Labour flyer. Why is the ex-Mayor speaking in support of developers who only want to profit from Tower Hamlets council’s failure to replace our Morrisons-Safeway’s supermarket ‘like for like’?...

Morrisons: proposed supermarket building won’t be welcome

Dear Editor, IT IS good to hear that Tesco is ‘committed’ to opening a new Metro store in Bow. How much we all want a supermarket back in the Roman Road. But I am sure they would want the store to be part of a building that is welcomed by the residents and visitors to the area. The proposed building doesn’t do that...

Morrisons: It’s ludicrous boarding up Safeway supermarket site

Dear Editor, I HAVE just come back from a two week break to find the Safetway supermarket site site in Roman Road in Bow has been boarded up. What a monstrosity, only yards from front windows of tenants in Cruden House. Their view now is of ugly, unnecessary blue boards—It’s ludicrous!...

Police machine-guns were not highlight of kids’ fun day!

Dear Editor, I WAS disappointed at the Advertiser’s coverage of the community fun day in Poplar on August 10. The purpose was to promote responsibility and safety, safe drug and alcohol usage and ways of contacting the police in emergency. The reporting gave the impression that showing guns was the highlight. This was not so...

We were allowed to fire real bullets—but never felt need to shoot anyone

Dear Editor, THE police and Army regularly had stands when I was a child where you could handle the guns (Cops 'U-turn' move over letting kids hold submachine-guns, Advertiser website). Many a summer’s day at fetes and shows was spent with my pals handling Sterling sub-machine guns, self-loading rifles and even machine guns. In the cadets, we were allowed to fire real bullets, but never felt the need to go out and shoot anyone...

Would Galloway agree with Hezbollah training kids with guns?

Dear Editor, HOW about the kids of the same age as those at the Poplar summer fete where police let them handle sub-machine guns (nine and seven) being trained as militia fighters by Hezbollah that MP George Galloway supports?...

Tower Hamlets council needs to listen to the voices of people over Bancroft library

I am saddened but not surprised that the petition to Gordon Brown to save the Bancroft Library has been rejected. It is in my view hypocritical to say that these matters should be left to local councils when they appear to be bent on such vandalism. First...

Crusading zeal of George Galloway is turning into hollow promises

What a great disappointment our local MP, George Galloway, is proving to be. Like hundreds of other Tower Hamlets residents, not myself a member of any political party, I was delighted at Galloway s success in the last general election. Like the majorit...

We must celebrate the positives and ignore the negatives

I don t agree with Mr Tyrrell s explanation. Whichever way you look at this, the fact remains that Tower Hamlets Council thinks it is better for the locals to remember their area by the name of anti-heroes rather than real heroes. The East Enders do not...

Roman Road market needs a bright night vision to survive

By Cllr Joshua Peck IN ITS heyday, Roman Road was one of the country s most popular markets and people would come from across London and Essex to snap up high fashion at low prices. The Roman, alongside other popular markets like those at Whitechapel, Pe...

Sport

Sport

Martelletti's win too late for VP & TH

VICTORIA Park and Tower Hamlets athletics club s Paul Martelletti won the final Assembly League race of the season last week but the club were pipped for the men s title by a single point. Martelletti, who finished as the top male runner overall, set a ne...

Title misery for VP&TH girls

By PHIL RAVITZ A HEAVILY depleted Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets women s team were denied their first league title at Braintree on Saturday as they were narrowly beaten to the Southern League Division Two crown. Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets held top...

Target 2012 for Idowu

By JONATHAN CLEGG PHILLIPS Idowu has said he is determined to overcome the heartache of missing out on the Olympic triple jump title in Beijing by winning gold in London in 2012. The former Raine s Foundation School pupil fell short in his attempt to put...

Idowu soars to the front for today's final

By JONATHAN CLEGG PHILLIPS Idowu cemented his position as red hot favourite for today s Olympic triple jump final after sailing through qualifying for the event this week – and he has now set his sights on beating Jonathan Edwards world record. Idowu,...

Long: Phillips can Raine's supreme in China Games

By PHIL RAVITZ THE man who introduced Phillips Idowu to athletics feels that his protégé s attitude has now changed sufficiently for the triple jumper to win Olympic gold this month. Humphrey Long was head of PE at Idowu s former school Raine s Foundatio...

Athletes clinch historic promotion

By Phil Ravitz VICTORIA Park and Tower Hamlets athletics club are back in Southern League Division One following a five-year break after clinching promotion last weekend. It all went Victoria Park s way on Saturday as they returned to the division for onl...

VP&TH prove they're a second-half team!

FOOTBALL has always been the sport of two halves, but after last Saturday s comeback at Mile End Stadium, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets ladies might think that athletics is another sport where a similar outcome is possible. Certainly in the early stages o...

Phillips exhibits the look of a champion

By Phil Ravitz PHILLIPS Idowu got the victory he wanted, at the weekend s Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, to take to the Olympic Games in Beijing, that begin tomorrow (Friday) week. The Tower Hamlets educated triple jumper – Britain s only red...

Fifton makes relay selection for Beijing

VICTORIA Park & Tower Hamlets AC will have a representative at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, after the final squad was announced last Saturday, writes PHIL RAVITZ. The athletics club which straddles Hackney and Tower Hamlets were without representation un...

VP&TH have the summer league leaders

TWO Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC athletes currently head the individual standings for the senior age group in the Summer League 10 kilometre road race series. Both Rob Birchley and Emily Mosedale placed fifth at the latest run in the series which took...

Final Four misery for Royals

By JONATHAN CLEGG THE East London Royals Under-15s saw their dreams of a perfect season shattered at the RAF Final Fours on a disastrous weekend for the club. All three Royals teams crashed out of the National Basketball League play-offs as the Cadets an...

Stars headline return of NBA

TWO of basketball s biggest stars will be the headline attractions when the Miami Heat face the New Jersey Nets in a pre-season game at the O2 Arena, the NBA announced this week. New Jersey s eight-time all-star Vince Carter and Dwayne Wade, who won an NB...

Royals reach semi-finals and prepare for grudge match

EAST London Royals Under-15 are ready for a Final Four grudge match against Manchester later this month after advancing to the semi-final stage of the play-offs last weekend. The Royals resisted a second-half fightback by Newham Youngbloods to prevail 56-...

Royals shoot down Eagles

Basketball EAST London Royals swept aside the challenge of Eastside Eagles in their first round play-off with an excellent display which left coach Humphrey Long purring with delight. With opposite number, Walthamstow-based Eagles coach David Lavinier, a...

Royals all set for a rousing finale

EAST London Royals are all set for an exciting end to the season after another successful weekend s action. Joseph Adejimi continued his excellent form for the under-14s in their RAF National League under-14s fixture against Brentwood, hitting 30 points t...

Four-some Royals get set for play-offs

EAST LONDON Royals had plenty to celebrate this weekend after racking up four victories in their various age categories – with Uyiosa Adifade and Reggie Awoo among the star performers. The clean sweep delighted Royals coach Humphrey Long, who was very imp...

Royals teams eye the play-offs

IT was a great weekend for the East London Royals as all three of their teams claimed victories in their respective leagues. The under 16 s managed a 97-46 win over the Essex & Herts Leopards with a great display in the National Premier South League. Hav...

Cup of joy for Humph and co!

EAST London Royals booked their place in the semi-finals of the Under-16s National Cadet Cup with a 76-73 win over Worthing Thunder. Skipper Yoser Fade helped himself to 31 points, while Tamim Mazari hit 15 and Michael Akinola pitched in with 12 more. Coa...

Fortune's title win

Poplar's Ray Fortune was crowned singles champion as North Greenwich bowls club hosted the East Ham and District bowling finals day at Millwall Park, Isle of Dogs last weekend....

No KO for duo

By LEN WHALEY EXCITING prospects Vinnie Mitchell and Grant Skehill extended their unbeaten records at York Hall on Friday – but had to be content with distance wins against a pair of seasoned rivals whose combined ring experience stretched to over 130 p...

Steeds aiming to cruise to victory

MICKEY STEEDS is confident he will lift the British cruiserweight championship on Friday night – but he could also be in line for a Slimmer of the year award. Steeds, who fights Midlands rival Robert Norton at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-on-...

Repton success

REPTON boxers were on cloud nine at the season-opening tournament at Bethnal Green Technology College on Saturday. Middleweight Mike Norgrove – one of nine home club winners on the day – climbed off the canvas in the first round against Alex Kelesikov bef...

Brothers in arms

Following in your big brother s footsteps can be a tough task – just ask promising featherweight Vinnie Mitchell....

Unbeaten pair wait to discover opponents

Unbeaten prospects Vinnie Mitchell and Grant Skehill await confirmation of their opponents at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Friday September 26....

Harrison victory fails to silence his critics

IT WAS business as usual for Audley Harrison on Saturday night as he dismissed the jeers that followed his victory over Brazilian George Arias and insisted he is still capable of winning the world heavyweight title. There was no doubt about his points vi...

Cook taunts champ Arthur ahead of title bout

By LEN WHALEY NICKY COOK has fired a sharp warning to Scotland s Alex Arthur ahead of their world super featherweight title clash by claiming: I m ready to rip that title off your head. Stepney-born Cook challenges Arthur for the WBO world crown at Man...

Harrison prepares for Brazilian opponent

BRAZILIAN heavyweight champion George Arias was this week unveiled as the opponent for former Repton hero Audley Harrison at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Saturday. Harrison, who was due to fight Martin Rogan before the Irishman pulled out with an injury...

Repton head back to school

REPTON will take boxing back to school for their first tournament of the new season – a Saturday afternoon open competition at the Bethnal Green Technology College on September 27. Repton are taking a step into the unknown by staging the show at the east...

Lynes handed a Liverpool challenge

FORMER European titleholder Colin Lynes must travel to Liverpool for a chance to regain his old British light welterweight crown when he faces Manchester titleholder David Barnes at the Everton Park Sports Centre on Friday November 21. The journey away fr...

Bangladesh win final to scoop handsome prize

BANGLADESH CCF were crowned inaugural champions of the Mahua Super 8 Challenger Cup last weekend – scooping a £1,000 jackpot. The club secured a thrilling three-run victory over Island Community Cricket Club in the final of the 10 overs a side competition...

Challenger Cup takes shape as four go through

THE final group stage matches of the inaugural Mahua Super 8 Challenger Cup took place at a blistering pace this weekend as four teams advanced to the semi-finals. Following an opening weekend that featured more than 700 runs, the teams again scored freel...

Batsmen in the runs at start of Challenger Cup

THE Mahua Super 8 Challenger Cup began with a bang at Victoria Park last weekend as more than 736 runs were scored in just four matches on the opening day of the tournament. With each side having just 10 overs to make their mark, big hitting and fast scor...

Sky are the limit for Vicky Park's chances

ISLAND Community Cricket Club slipped to a five-wicket defeat to reigning champions Sky last week in a match between last season s title rivals in the Victoria Park Community Cricket League. Island, who finished as runners-up in the league 12 months ago,...

Double defeat for Juniors on the slide

By JONATHAN CLEGG VICTORIA Park Juniors fell to an agonising last-ball defeat against Caledonian Conquerors in the Victoria Park Community League Super Sevens this week. Juniors lost their opening match in the knockout round to Island last week and are i...

Poor batting display costs Fields dearly

LONDON Fields paid the price for a poor display with the bat as they crashed to a four-wicket defeat against Village cricket club on Saturday – just a fortnight after thrashing the same opponents. Two weeks ago Fields had put on a near-flawless performanc...

Adikari blasts Island past rivals

A BLISTERING innings from Delrick Adikari led Island Community Cricket club to a five-wicket win over local rivals Victoria Park Juniors in the opening match of the Victoria Park Community League s Super Sevens round. Adikari smashed 45 off just 22 balls...

Juniors triumph to join top flight

By JONATHAN CLEGG VICTORIA Park Juniors qualified for Division One in the Victoria Park Community League after topping their qualifying group with a 17-run defeat of Goodmayes on Monday. Juniors clinched first place in the Green League and secured a bert...

Palladino rises as Essex crash

By JONATHAN CLEGG TONY Palladino has reached the top 10 in this week s LV County Championship Division Two bowling rankings. But his efforts were not enough to prevent Essex from crashing to defeat at Worcestershire. Palladino claimed three early wickets...

Island record opening win

ISLAND community cricket club recorded their first league victory of the season last week with a convincing 17-run defeat of New Boys at Victoria Park. Batting first, Island lost opener Delrick Akidari to the second ball of the opening over before 18-ye...

Spain ace Tristram in Hammers trial

By JONATHAN CLEGG WEST HAM have handed a trial to former Spain hitman Diego Tristan after the club were rocked by the news that leading striker Dean Ashton will miss the majority of the season with an ankle injury. Ashton was injured in new manager Gianf...

Tevez claims denied

SHEFFIELD UNITED captain Chris Morgan has denied that the club s players are set to launch individual compensation claims against West Ham over the Carlos Tevez affair. An independent tribunal last week ruled in favour of the Blades in the long-running le...

Cole issues an Irons apology

By JONATHAN CLEGG CARLTON COLE has issued a public apology to West Ham fans for his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving last week and vowed to learn his lesson following the incident. Cole was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning and was immed...

Etherington is relishing role

MATTHEW ETHERINGTON admits he is benefiting from his licence to roam as part of Gianfranco Zola s new-look three-man attack. Etherington has scored in both league wins under the new West Ham manager since being pushed into a more advanced attacking role a...

Fitness holds key to Zola blueprint

By JONATHAN CLEGG GIANFRANCO ZOLA has revealed that his vision of an entertaining, attacking West Ham side is beginning to take shape – because his players are finally getting in shape. The Hammers manager led the club to a second successive victory at Fu...

Kamara strikes as United rediscover top gear

BETHNAL GREEN UNITED hit top form at home for the first time this season as they cruised to a convincing victory over Southall at Mile End Stadium on Saturday. Alfred Kamara netted 15 minutes from time to seal a deserved triumph in the Middlesex County...

East Moore in cup triumph

THE East London Sunday League s East Moore B stormed into round two of the London Junior Cup last weekend following a 5-1 demolition of Real Wanstead. Ryan Anderson hit a double for East Moore, with Matthew Wheeler, Richard Chriteson, and Daniel St Louis...

Rangers stay top of the table

By CIARAN McGRATH TABLE-TOPPING Clapton Rangers maintained their four-point lead over Premier Division champions Lapton in the Hackney and Leyton League on Sunday after an emphatic 4-1 victory over Prince Regent. Rangers took a first-half lead courtesy...

Zola in the dark over Tevez fallout

Gianfranco Zola has admitted that his attempts to build a team at Upton Park could be hampered as West Ham face up to a potential £30m bill for the Carlos Tevez affair....

Albion get off the mark

Albion Manor recorded their first Premier Division win of the season in the Hackney and Leyton League last weekend...

Morpeth squad return from Olympic trip

Eight table-tennis players from Morpeth School are back in London following a three-week training camp at the Beijing Olympics...

Docklands open with victory over rivals

London Docklands started the National League volleyball season with a battling win over local rivals London Lynx on Saturday....

O'Sullivan caps season in style

By JONATHAN CLEGG SNOOKER sensation Sean O Sullivan celebrated his first international call-up last week by helping England to an emphatic win over Scotland in the Auld Enemy clash. O Sullivan, from Holton Street, Stepney Green, represented England in th...

Beijing boost to East End sport

By JONATHAN CLEGG THE closing ceremony of the Beijing Games last month saw the Olympic torch officially passed to London and it has already ignited sporting ambition across the East End. Cycling, rowing, sailing and swimming clubs have all seen an influx...

Bethnal Green four are among the medals

BETHNAL Green Karate Club picked up one second place and three third positions at the annual British national Knock-down tournament held at Reading last weekend. Tim Diacon collected a silver in the middleweight novice section after being beaten in a thri...

Fives still alive in darts

WITH the dart boards of east London disappearing faster than you can say one-hundred-and-eighty , a handful of local pubs are bucking the trend and clinging to history by retaining a local oddity – the Fives dart board. The standard board, known as the...

Diacon takes second place

BETHNAL Green Karate club were flushed with success at last weekend s BKK British national knockdown tournament in Reading. All four of the club s fighters finished in the medal positions at the competition, which featured 48 clubs from across the United...

Borough handed award at Youth Games final

EUROPE S largest youth sports event proved a huge success for Tower Hamlets last weekend as the borough scooped Ric Grice Fair Play award at the 31st Balfour Beatty London Youth Games in Crystal Palace. All 33 London boroughs were in action at the Nation...

Morpeth dominant at Wharf Open

Morpeth School dominated the Canary Wharf Table Tennis Open by producing four winners and providing a finalist in every event at the tournament....

Olympic visit for Morpeth stars

EIGHT table tennis players from Morpeth School have been selected to visit the Olympic Games in China this summer. The group from the Bethnal Green school have been invited to attend the Games by table tennis charity TTK Greenhouse and they will spend thr...

Tison - the Speed Demon

By JONATHAN CLEGG KARTING sensation Kieran Tison is aiming to follow Lewis Hamilton s slipstream – all the way to Formula One. Teenager Tison has made a stunning start to the sport since he first took to the track at Mile End s Revolution circuit just 12...

Millwall thrash rivals Burnham

Millwall Rugby Club began their campaign for promotion with a comprehensive 83-15 demolition of league rivals Burnham-On-Crouch....

Millwall sign off in style

MILLWALL celebrated the end of another successful season with a family fun day on Mudchute Farm on Saturday. The annual Rugby Festival that includes the England v Rest of the World game was another huge success, attended by in excess of 300 people, and fo...

Grey's sweet 16 inspires shutout

LIONS Centre Billy Grey produced another star turn as Millwall Under-16s continued their impressive form with a 33-0 shutout of Stanford-le-Hope at Victoria Park last weekend. Grey scored all his team s points in last week s win over Wanstead and he foll...

Gray of sunshine as Lions centre claims a double

FREEZING weather wasn t enough to stop Millwall Lions Under-16s from clearing another hurdle in their bid for league inclusion as they hung on to beat Wanstead 12-10 on Sunday. Centre Billy Gray scored all the points for the Lions to earn revenge for the...

Lions roar in Stanford demolition

MILLWALL S Under-16 team recorded their first ever back-to-back victory with a 41-0 thrashing of Stanford at Millwall Park on Sunday. In a match viewed as an early test of the Lions ability to compete in the Essex League next season, Millwall passed with...

Ilford pile on pressure for Lions

Ilford Wands 39, Millwall 10 ILFORD Wanderers inflicted a 39-10 defeat on Millwall RFC on Saturday to leave the Isle of Dogs club staring relegation in the face. The visitors struck first with a well worked forward try from a maul after just 11 minutes, b...

Defeat leaves Millwall staring into the abyss

Millwall 5, Bancroft 10 MILLWALL Rugby Club s roller coaster season continued on Saturday with a heart-wrenching 10-5 loss to Bancroft at Victoria Park. Needing victory to add valuable competition points following the stunning win over Upper Clapton the p...

Double joy as Millwall seal notable wins

MILLWALL Rugby club were celebrating this week after two of its teams scored important home victories. The 1st XV defeated Upper Clapton 50-18 at Victoria Park on Saturday strengthening their charge up the Essex 1 ladder while the improving under-16s beat...

Late show leaves Lions stunned

Maldon 20 Millwall 12 Millwall s first team suffered a heart-breaking defeat at the hands of Maldon on Saturday when a late second half try saw the league leaders seal a 20-12 victory over their frustrated visitors. Despite missing as many as 12 regulars...

Rugby is child's play at Millwall

MILLWALL Rugby Club are hoping to attract women and children to play as they host several initiatives to encourage locals to get involved. The club, who already has two successful men s sides, now wants to build their youth and female set-ups. For the fir...

Sharks' recruitment drive pays off

BETHNAL Green Sharks Swimming Club launched a recruitment drive at the recent Tower Hamlets Primary Schools gala, in which they invited competitors to free lessons for four weeks. The Sharks invited all finalists to enjoy a month s free tuition plus an en...

Brid leads a Shark attack

BRID Cudmore was the star for the Bethnal Green Sharks at the Edmonton Phoenix Junior Sprint Age Group last week. Cudmore set five personal bests to win three gold medals and two silvers in the Under-13 girls events. Paige James won four sliver meda...

Sharks finish as runners-up

YOUNG swimmers from the Bethnal Green Sharks club battled to a second-place finish at Sunday s Mini-League gala at York Hall. The Sharks finished just 26 points behind overall winners Dagenham but overcame strong challenges from Clissold and Waltham Fores...

Sharks suffer a narrow defeat

BETHNAL Green Sharks were beaten into second place in a nail-biting meeting at Loughton last week. The young swimmers battled until the final race of the day but finished three points behind Hornchurch. Reggie Regan won the boys Under-12 backstroke, Sunny...

Turner prize for Bethnal Green swimming club

By JONATHAN CLEGG FORMER Great Britain Olympic swimmer Adrian Turner has agreed to coach youngsters from the Bethnal Green Sharks club this summer after a successful seminar at York Hall last week. Turner, a member of the Great Britain team at the Athen...

Whirling Dervis makes a splash

By PHIL RAVITZ DERVIS Konuralp, the Paralympic swimming champion who trains in Tower Hamlets, moved a step close to booking his flight to Beijing and set a new British record in the process. He swam the 100m butterfly in a record time of 01:02:48 at the...

Sapiano wins silver

YOUNGSTERS from Bethnal Green Sharks Swimming Club obtained high standard racing experience at the Middlesex County ASA Bag Cat & Youths competition at Southbury Road, in Enfield last month. The most successful swimmer for the Sharks was nine-year-old Leo...

Sharks bask in win

BETHNAL Green Sharks were crowned winners of the Gordon Trophy after producing a supreme effort to overcome cup holders Anaconda Swimming Club. The Sharks were led by Sam Digby Baker, who claimed three first-place finishes and two second positions, as the...

Sharks celebrate a medal houl

YOUNSTERS from Bethnal Green Sharks returned with a stack of medals after an impressive showing in the Edmonton Phoenix Junior Winter Sprint meeting at Southbury Leisure Centre, Enfield on Saturday, Joe Cronin took silver in the 50 metres backstroke, 50 m...

Taylor called up by Great Britain

By PHIL RAVITZ LUCAS Taylor has been dubbed the East End s answer to Tim Henman after receiving his first international call-up this week. Taylor is one of four youngsters named in the Great Britain Under-12 tennis squad to face Poland in a junior interna...

What's On

Art brothers get taste of own medicine with ‘Colouring Book’

MAVERICK artists Jake and Dinos Chapman are being given a taste of their own medicine. The brothers’ exhibition My Giant Colouring Book has travelled from its Hayward Gallery home to the Campbell Works in Stoke Newington...

‘Mind the Gap’ as 2 generations show their art talents

TWO artists are showing their talent at a free exhibition, Mind the Gap, run by the Ferreira Projects in Shoreditch next month. London artists Anna Dickerson and Deanne Jackson are both from different generations, but have similarities in their work...

Return of 4 girls with no worries—just shoes, shopping and sex

SEX AND THE CITY—THE MOVIE: So there we were, four girls dealing with being single and 30-something in New York City. It was a blast. No real jobs to worry with, just shoes, shopping and sex—life lived to the full. Then it all came to an end amid tabloid stories of in-fighting and bitchiness...

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Nine new dates for Jack the Ripper followers

JACK the Ripper is still the source of popular interest as well as serious academic study, 120 years on. The ‘Ripperology industry’ thrives today as much as it has ever done since the murders in Victorian London’s East End. The Museum in Docklands is staging a series of talks and offering guided walks through the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims...

10 new dates for Jack the Ripper followers

JACK the Ripper is still the source of popular interest as well as serious academic study, 120 years on. The ‘Ripperology industry’ thrives today as much as it has ever done since the murders in Victorian London’s East End. The Museum in Docklands is staging a series of talks and offering guided walks through the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims...

10 new dates for Jack the Ripper followers

JACK the Ripper is still the source of popular interest as well as serious academic study, 120 years on. The ‘Ripperology industry’ thrives today as much as it has ever done since the murders in Victorian London’s East End. The Museum in Docklands is staging a series of talks and offering guided walks through the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims...

10 new dates for Jack the Ripper followers

JACK the Ripper is still the source of popular interest as well as serious academic study, 120 years on. The ‘Ripperology industry’ thrives today as much as it has ever done since the murders in Victorian London’s East End. The Museum in Docklands is staging a series of talks and offering guided walks through the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims...

10 new dates for Jack the Ripper followers

JACK the Ripper is still the source of popular interest as well as serious academic study, 120 years on. The ‘Ripperology industry’ thrives today as much as it has ever done since the murders in Victorian London’s East End. The Museum in Docklands is staging a series of talks and offering guided walks through the streets of Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper stalked his victims...

Tom is well versed in East End history

CARRYING on an East End tradition for learning and research, ‘card-carrying south Londoner’ Tom Chivers puts his south-of-the-river roots behind him to become the Bishopsgate Institute’s first poet in residence. The writer, editor and promoter has spent the last few weeks digging around in the library and archives of one of the City’s best-loved institutions. Tom admits the task of writing a series of poems inspired by the noted establishment in Bishopsgate is a daunting one...

Bloomin' marvellous! East End is flowering again

BLOOMIN’ marvelous! There’s spring in the air and the election campaigns are finally over. Now householders can get down to the real business of digging up the dirt—in their gardens, that is. They are sprucing up their patches of earth for this year’s Tower Hamlets in Bloom competition....

Snaps man kicks off Proms music from the world

MUSIC from around the world is being performed in a series of ‘People’s Proms’ in London’s East End, beginning with a guitar-playing photo-journalist now back from conflict zones he’s been covering. This year’s Village Proms outside the People’s Palace theatre at Queen Mary’s College in Mile End features a series of free performances from top musicians from China to Brazil...

Skank you very much for a night overground

UNDERGROUND music comes ‘overground’ for the latest Skank You Very Much club night. An eclectic line-up of bands, all subscribing to the punk aesthetic, is playing at Spitalfield’s Gramaphone venue in Commercial Street...

Stereo MCs are still connected

Leaping to fame in the early 1990s, some may have thought acid jazz outfit the Stereo MCs had faded into obscurity. They appeared in Hoxton Square this week to launch their new album, when Eleanore Robinson made a connection with DJ and producer Nick Hallam, also known as ‘The Head’...

Market shoppers get surprise—when BBC orchestra turns up!

THE historic Old Spitalfields Market came alive to the sound of music when the BBC Symphony Orchestra performed free in the magnificent setting of the newly-refurbished landmark in London’s East End. The orchestra’s Palm Court Ensemble gave a lunchtime performance as part of the BBC Proms’ ‘Out and About’ summer programme, culminating last week in a 10-hour marathon of free performances at unexpected outdoor venues...

Sandy oasis in Mile End Road

CLUBBERS unable to jet off to Ibiza this summer can still feel the sand between their toes as they dance the night away. New club 54 Mile End has launched its urban beach so dance addicts can get a taste of the Balearics without leaving East London...

Like a Thief, Holly sets sights on 2nd shot at stardom

HOLLY Jazz Lowe thought she had stumbled across her lucky break when she was only 17. She was signed to Mercury and recorded her own album, but was dropped before it was even released when the company was taken over. Eight years on, the 25-year-old Yorkshire lass is finally on her way to success...

Rob turns sweaty music venue back into old East End boozer

CLUB promoter Rob Hives has transformed a former sweaty music venue into a new pub with bounds of personality. He saw a golden opportunity with Bethnal Green's failing gig venue Pleasure Unit. His 'Star of Bethnal Green' threw open its doors on Tuesday...

Big names at the O2, but so different

FOUR of the world's biggest and most disparate names in music are coming to the O2 arena, promoters have announced. Canadian soft-rocker Bryan Adams, hip-hop and soul diva Mary J Blige, folk musician and poet Leonard Cohen and popular post-grunge band Nickelback are all playing the North Greenwich venue...