Carissa Svedberg
Heading East On The Elizabeth Line
The Elizabeth line has been open for more than six months now and has been fulfilling its role of shortening commutes in and out...
A Not So Wonderful Time Of The Year?
It’s too early to know what the advertising spend for Christmas 2022 was. According to the Guardian, John Lewis did not spend as much on...
Couchsurfing Around The Capitals
Come surfing with Carissa Svedberg around some of the UK's capital couches. Check in for the journey by clicking on the picture below...
All Shorthand...
Sexual staring on the Tube – what do Londoners think?
Transport for London’s new posters say “Intrusive staring of a sexual nature” will no longer be tolerated on buses and tubes. Rising East reporter Carissa...
My Home My Bari
‘My Home My Bari’ is an art installation in which different works combine to evoke and represent British-Bengali homes around Brick Lane in 1971.
Housed in the...
Refill Retail Therapy
The concerns of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow that ends today apprently also concern most Londoners.
According to the National Lottery Community...
EcoFeminism Comes East
Mile End’s Art Pavilion recently hosted the exhibition Utopia, a collection of works by 60 different artists all coming together to celebrate Ecofeminism. So...
Arrest In Search For Serial East London Assaulter
The Police have arrested a man over a series of sexual assaults in Tower Hamlets. Abdul Nadher Kayum,19, was charged on Tuesday and appeared...