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Generational Ties

Rising East reporter Ella Shingler is a single parent. In the podcast below she talks to her mother who was also a single parent,...

The Gravestone

Rising East reporter Robert Urbanovič arrived in London from Lithuania with dreams of a new life. But as with most dreams, the narrative went...

The Arteta Factor

Arsenal’s Premier League campaign this year was nothing short of impressive. To the surprise and shock of not only Arsenal fans, but footballing fans...

Is This The Countdown For County Cricket?

By Tom Chambers, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Bentley, Harry Phillips, Harry Briffa

Eye On: Ms. Maskie

Aleena Klug gets behind the mask of Ms. Maskie to discover how old sweaters can be transformed into contemporary fashion statements. Production team: Andrea Zanetti...

The Pressure Put On Musicians By Social Media

Production team: Zerda Aslan; Sarah Osman; Lydie Udofia; Usman Mahroof

East End Sustainable Fashion

Rising East talks to some of those at the sustainable end of East End fashion. Editorial team: Charlie-George Berger; Sophie Grosvenor; Cameron Sherman-Coulson 

Non League Referee Abuse

Rising East talks to two referees about their experience of abuse on the pitch. Editorial team: Seyhan Cinar, Adam Ryan, Ivashree Saxena, Alfie White Video archive...

Essex Hedgehog Haven

Rising East heads out East to find hedgehogs. Editorial team: Daniela Dronic, Rhianna Isles, Anna-Marie Mirosavljevic, Grace Riley

The Truth Behind Trading

Social media is currently flooded with schemes for making money quickly in the comfort of your own home. A lot are about investing opportunities,...

Strep A Breaks Out In South East London

Fifteen children under the age of fifteen have so far died from Strep A related illnesses in England since September, including a 12-year-old boy...

Strawbey Plays Shoreditch

The Strongroom Bar in Shoreditch recently hosted the November edition of the In Transit event devoted to new music from up-and-coming artists. Swedish indie-rock artist...

The Absence Of Women From Science And Technology

Women challenge the world to include them in STEM Mike Butler explores the challenges facing women in STEM. A challenge has been laid down worldwide to...

Eating Yourself Around The World in Spitalfields

East London’s Old Spitalfields Market is popular with locals for its plethora of food stalls. You can find a wide range of cuisines all...
A flag combining the Ukrainian and Russian flags is waved at a football match

Should Sports Stand Together?

In his first piece for Rising East, Andrea Zanetti investigates how fair it is to ban Russian athletes from competition It is the 23rd minute...

Brick Lane Fashion Extravaganza

https://vimeo.com/679178804 Fashion show organisers Scoop and Pure London took over Brick Lane’s Truman Brewery to showcase over 172 contemporary and premium womenswear and accessory designer...

Trailer: Do We Need Black History Month?

Black History Month (BHM) began in the UK back in 1987, but grew out of the American Negro History Week that started in 1927....

Young Gifted And On Stage In Black History Month

https://vimeo.com/640352924 Special thanks to the musicians: @treblaofficial @jmprsickindividual @madman_state @muchiajay - and to Monica Platania for the live footage.

Unite For Freedom?

By the time I arrived at Hyde Park, there were several thousand people who had arrived from all over the country to march against...

Live Outside – At Last!

I was one of the lucky 10,000 who managed to secure a ticket to the UK's first camping festival since the pandemic began: Download...

Tickets On Sale Tomorrow For Download Pilot Festival

Download 2021 is - for the moment anyway - back on this year as part of the UK government's Event Research Programme. Donnington Park...

If You Go Down To The Docks Today

Rising East reporters take you on a one-mile walk along the edge of the Royal Docks to see what they can see. The reporters were:...

ACE Magazine, A Fashion Ezine From Rising East

Editors Maria Fetsani and Monica Pluas work with fashion reporter Rita Zuñiga to create Rising East's first fashion ezine, which for this launch issue...

Drilling Down Into Drill

Originally from Chicago, Drill music is a genre that is most known for its violent and gritty lyrics. Drill is often performed by young...

Where the Power Lies in Football

In the latest episode of the Bailey and Ahmad Podcast, Lloyd Bailey and Shahab Ahmad discuss the European Super League (ESL) protests and where...

Sour Gals: The Sustainable Fashion Podcast

The fashion industry is widely believed to be the second most pulluting industry in the world. Rising East journalists Maria Fetsani and Monica Pluas...

Diary Of A New Twitch Streamer

My name is Joao Caralinda and I’m a Twitch streamer. At first I was never big on the idea of streaming on Twitch. Playing a...

Eat, Sleep, Netflix, Repeat: My Quarantine Diary

This is Maxi Pfeifer's ten-day quarantine diary. She took it one episode at a time. Could you do any better? Day 0: My rescheduled flight...

Streets East

The rapid expansion of online shopping; changing consumer behaviour; and economic slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, threatens the high streets as we once...

A Christmas Toast

1973 – Twas a Wonderland of Plenty If you’d thinned out temporarily……. Frosty morning/no breakfast/slight head from the first drag/en route to the art school pub …….....

Christmas In Prison

This Christmas thousands of international students have been left incarcerated in pokey university lodgings thousands of miles from home. Full details of the plight...

Are You Part Of The Party Or Only Partly?

Although most people know that Muslims and Jews do not celebrate Christmas, there are large groups of Christians who don't celebrate it either. Quakers for...

Take Three Places Of Worship

This Christmas churches and other places of worship will either be closed or open only to those at the front of the booking queue....

Netflix Receives A Right Royal Backlash

by Elena Donatone Although the brand-new season of The Crown has already been praised by both fans and critics, reliable sources claim the Palace is...

The Global War For Abortion Rights

On 22 October the Polish government ruled in a constitutional tribunal that abortion would be illegal in cases of foetal abnormality, on the grounds...

The Barbarians – Are They So Barbaric?

New Netflix drama series The Barbarians sets grungy, unruly Germanic tribes against the mighty Roman legions. Along the way it also asks us to...

Music Streaming Under Review At Last

by Camden O'Keefe I remember as a child that if I wanted to watch a film I would have to go down to Blockbusters and...

Women STEM The Tide Of Gender Inequality

Every second Tuesday of October is home to Ada Lovelace Day (ALD), which is the international celebration of achievements by women in science, technology, engineering...

Why We Should Care About The Chinese Embassy’s Move To East London

By Daegan Martin and Allazhar Duisenbek At their October meeting a group of Tower Hamlets councillors uncuccessfully tried to introduce an emergency motion to debate...

Eddie Van Halen: Inspiration For A Generation

For those who don’t know, Van Halen was the Axeman for rock band Van Halen and had hits with ‘Jump’ and ‘Ain’t Talking About Love’ to mention just two. As well as hits with Van Halen, Eddie famously...

Fashion Is Finished, Fashion Will Come Again

Just when we would normally be getting our summer outfits sorted, we are wondering whether we'll be stuck in jogging bottoms all season. If...

Drive-In Cinema Fails To Reach Higher Gear

We're still in lockdown (sort of), but in Europe there's a new choice: you can stay in with Netflix or go see a film...

Paying For Streaming? Music Fans Can Learn From Online Gamers

Now that clubs are closed and concerts cancelled, Instagram Live is the place to be, packed with Q&As, live talent shows, prize give-aways at...

Posts from the Pandemic No 3: London and La Dolce Vita

When Italy went into lock down 10 days ago, it all happened so suddenly that my family members there didn't have time to understand...

The Heaven And Hell Of TFL

The spectacle of Prince Charles and Camilla on the way to a recent royal engagement at the London Museum of Transport by bus, prompted...

Rise Above The Machines?

The University of East London recently hosted an employers' panel discussion entitled Rise Above the Machines, Core Skills for Workplace 4.0. Guests from companies such...

Paris Fashion Week Goes Viral

Paris Fashion Week kicked off with a huge statement from Christian Dior whose show featured slogans connecting women’s empowerment with the environment, such as:...

Twenty’s Plenty?

Lloyd Bailey: "As a newly qualified driver, I am in full agreement with lowering the speed limit across central London to 20 mph. Lowering...

Every Picture Tells A Tale of Two Cities

At Custom House, East London old and new are in close proximity. The new buildings, new money and new people associated with the ExCel...

HS 2 Much Of A Gamble?

Last week Boris Johnson announced that work on the controversial High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project would go ahead, with the first trains planned...

Is Glastonbury God-Like Among Festivals?

Now in their 66th year, the NME Awards celebrate music from the last 12 months. The Awards show features a range of music from...

Fashion Weeks: New York Versus London

New York Fashion Week is about to end, but what should we expect to see in London next week? From 6-13 February fashion designers flocked...

Old White Guy Wins Youthful Support…But Will This Win The Presidency?

Instead of being ancient history, 78-year-old Bernie Sanders just might make history as the first-ever 'democratic socialist' president of the USA. The Vermont senator has...

Parasite: “anti-capitalism that fears the masses”

INCLUDES MILD SPOILERS "In short, I don't think Parasite is that good at all. "The film is about poverty, class and how the poor try to...

Visions Of The Horse Girl

Netflix has brought us one of its most controversial and chilling films yet. Horse Girl directed by Jeff Baena, which premiered at the famous...

Satire Set In Stone

https://vimeo.com/390780717 Painter and poet Nathaniel Chin offers a video-review of Kara Walker's Fons Americanus. Currently located in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, Bankside, Walker's...

Looking Over Last Year’s Films

Tomorrow's 40th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards (LCCFA) ceremony at the May Fair Hotel in London features sixteen prizes, including those for 2019's best...

Listen Before You Label

Today the University of East London hosted a conference on Violent Youth Radicalisation. Conference delegates were presented with the final report of the EU-funded...

Join The V-Forestation!

This week the Channel 4 documentary Bring Back The Bush sparked a heated debate about the risqué subject of women's pubic hair and what...

Corbyn’s Defeat: Whose Fault Was It?

Beni and Ayis get to grips with Labour's electoral defeat and who's to blame. Is Jeremy Corbyn just the fall-guy for other people's gross...

What Would Make You Get Out Of Bed For A Political Party?

Generation Z is often said to be apathetic about politics - or maybe it's just that we're not impressed by politicians. On the morning...

What Influences The Influencers?

Imagine living the ideal life where posting a selfie on Instagram is your source of freebies such as brand-new clothing, jewellery and makeup. Imagine...

Why Aren’t We Talking About DR Congo?

The recent killing of at least 19 people in the Congo (DRC) city of Beni showed that conflict with Rwandan rebels is not getting...

Ahmad & Bailey – Episode One

  https://soundcloud.com/risingeastpodcasts/lloyd-and-shahab-podcast

Why Aren’t We Talking About Iran?

Since 15 November Iranians have been protesting in more than 50 cities such as Tehran and Shiraz. The demonstrations began because of a sudden...

COMIC… CON?

The annual celebration of international fantasy, sci-fi, video games, and cosplay that takes place at east London’s Excel Centre every autumn has a light and a...

You Can #Makeithappen

This year's annual ‘BE… Unplugged!!’ panel at the Stratford campus of the University of East London (UEL) was branded as #MakeItHappen. The idea of these panels...

Closing Down An Open Forum

We were attending our first Citizens' Assembly for Beckton and West Silvertown. The room was packed with civil servants, members of the public, Council...

The Kurdish Question

Last Sunday thousands of London’s Kurds and their supporters marched through London to protest against the Turkish invasion of the majority-Kurdish region of north-eastern Syria known by...

Encouraging Women To Work In Science

Nature Research has announced this year’s winners for the Inspiring Science and Innovating Science Awards. These awards recognise outstanding early-career female scientists and those...

London City Airport Protest

On Thursday 10 October Extinction Rebellion set out to shut down London City Airport. Due to a heavy police presence, they failed. Rising East...
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Stoking The Flames?

On Tuesday night there was a Twitterstorm about the photograph of award-winning cricketer Ben Stokes with his hands around the face of his wife,...

The Gift Of The Present

For the past few weeks I’ve been practising mindfulness and meditation. Why? I’m an over-thinker, I get caught up in the same thought –...

What To Do About Bercow?

At 3.30pm on Monday 18 March, the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, issued a statement which banned prime minister Theresa May...

Standing Out Against Plastic Poison

He calls himself Robert ‘Unbranded’ and he’s been asked to “move on, or the police will be called.” Sounds like a young troublemaker? In...

Social Media, Self Harm And Suicide

A 14-year-old girl, Molly Russell, took her own life in November 2017 after prolonged exposure to images of self harm on Instagram. "The caring...

Custom House: ‘Home To Rising Legends’

Custom House is a small community in the East London borough of Newham - famously known for the Excel Exhibition Centre and views of...

21’s Private Life: where should we draw the line?

Rapper 21 Savage, born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested by US immigration officials (ICE) in Atlanta on 3 February after allegedly overstaying his visa....

Comment Is Free But Copyright Is Sacred?

Creators on YouTube are losing their ad revenue due to growing numbers of copyright infringement claims from both large companies such as Universal Music...

Dexter and Mitov: what’s the score with the Oscars?

New to Rising East, Dexter and Mitov is a podcast all about film, featuring eponymous hosts Mihail Mitov and Hugh Dexter. https://www.mixcloud.com/dexterandmitovfilmpodcast/dexter-and-mitov-film-podcast-oscar-reaction/ Also featuring special guest,...

The Beauty of Barking

Once considered beyond the pale and known as the “race hate capital of Britain”, Barking now deserves to be known for being multicultural -...

Too Much Too Young?

Prominent politicians have called for the voting age to be lowered. Late last year Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Tweeted: “On Friday, MPs will be...

Records To Float Your Boat

If you head down to the River Lea in the heart of Hackney over the next few weeks, you might stumble upon one of...

Vintage Vlogging

We recently re-visited Judy's Affordable Vintage fair in Bethnal Green. This time we're giving you a closer look at what's on offer. If you're...

Cinematic Time Machine

Produced by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, They Shall Not Grow Old is his homage to the First World War and the millions...

Wellbeing and Well-Bean

Newham's Young Business of The Year 2018 award went to a company called Well-Bean. This chocolatier's name is a play on beans as in...

Kaz Foncette: Life After Breast Cancer

Francesca Battaglia and Ava Rogha sat down with Kaz Foncette, breast cancer survivor and founder of Wigs for Heroes Kaz Foncette is a 32-year-old breast cancer...

Safety Issues On Campus

London comes only second to Hong Kong as the most watched city in the world, with an estimated 642,000 cameras in the capital by...

Trying To Save A Victim Of Knife Crime

It's six-thirty in the evening, the sun is going down, and the day is turning to dusk. It's clear out, and there are no...

Street Vlogging (1): Fine Art of Fashion

Lucy 'Chavvy' Croney and Abbie 'Gnarly' Williams were interviewed by Marta Pezzino; the film was directed and edited by Debbie Cavalli for Rising East.

Is London Over-Rated? It’s Fine If You Know Where To Find ‘It’

London may be the capital of “cool”; trouble is, unless you’re with the in-crowd, you don’t know where to find it. As a recently arrived...

Open Letter: Gender Neutrality And The (Water) Closet

To whom it does not seem to concern, Having seen a few gender neutral toilets appearing in public places, I hope they are not going...

Students, Are You Being Scammed?

When you’re a cash-strapped student, the slick marketing and abundant promise of internet money-making may seem highly attractive. But when it comes to easy...

Sex Education In Primary Schools: Too Much, Too Young?

There was dissent in the Rising East office when the issue of sex and gender education in primary schools came up recently. Do children...

Britain’s Got Stamina

Being in the audience for Britain’s Got Talent requires more staying power than I bargained for. It’s not like you just walk in and...

Small Houses With Big Voices

The Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, is home to an historic collection of doll's houses. These are diminutive in scale,...

Black Mirror Gets Darker

Have you looked at yourself in the mirror recently? If you don’t have any desire to do so, not to worry, there's a better,...

‘Nothing Beats A Londoner’?

London is full of international students who run away from their countries for a better future. Like it says in the new Nike advert,...

2018: Year Of The Vegan?

Is 2018 set to be The Year of the Vegan? In January there was #Veganuary, a charitable campaign to encourage non-vegans to move towards a...

Gaming: an outsider’s view

I was recently asked to give my opinion on the video game industry from an “outsider's” perspective. As someone who studies psychology, I want...