What politically contested narratives lie beyond the East End proper? Jason Finch returns to his ancestral roots in Newham, making the case that spatial literary analysis can shed light on outer London's conflictual past.
Jane McChrystal surveys Norah Smyth's engrossing photographs: a powerful record of women's Suffrage activism, campaigning and social justice in East London.
A new digital resource allowing users to explore former sites of Jewish memory in East London went online this week. On it you will find audio interviews, photographs, and essays about more than 70 sites (we hope to include more in future)…
Sarah Jackson and public historian Sara Huws, along with a team of volunteers, are working towards creating an East End Women's Museum following protests at the opening of a Jack the Ripper Museum on Cable Street, London.
John Rennie writes about the East London History website, whose brief is to cover the history of the East End of London, from when the Romans arrived to the present day
The 1911 Sidney Street siege in London marked a particular juncture in the history of British immigration, tying together Victorian concerns about the urban environment, along with modern fears surrounding immigration and the supposed…
