The founder on wheat paste, global collaboration and why the area’s creative identity feels newly fragile
Brick Lane is home to markets, independent shops and restaurants, and London’s largest Bangladeshi community
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at oranges and lemons through the ages, and takes a trip to the Bangledshi grocers of Brick Lane
What used to be a vintage clothes shop on Bacon Street is now a live music speakeasy
Food historian Gillian Riley recounts the curious history of the ‘roll with a hole’ and visits some of East London’s popular bagel bakeries (all in the name of research)
An exhibition and book by photographer Phil Maxwell show how one of East London’s most famous streets has evolved across the decades
