Tag: life
Stratford (Divided) City
Stephen Wallbridge walked past a woman and her dog, and saw the social divide.
As the rain falls, her coat grows ever wetter. Unsheltered, she...
Ghost Bus-ted!
Martin Voller may have been the last man on the 588 – the Marie Celeste of London buses.
Ever heard of the 588 bus? No,...
Late Nights In The Library
Smokin’ Jim Rossiter gets a kick out of nicotine-stained, caffeine-driven all niters......in the library.
Late nights in the Library have become a standard part of...
Trash City
Beatrice Groth bemoans the way Londoners are rubbishing their own backyard.
London is a heavenly city – that’s what many of us thought when we...
Lights On For the Ladies’ Game
James Milin-Ashmore can’t take seriously….the die-hards who can’t take women’s football seriously.
They still turn up: the old codgers who never miss a game with...
Where Does It All End? (3) Colchester and Londinium
Sam Stringer is in two minds about Colchester.
Into the gunmetal mouth of the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf. Fight your way onto the Eastbound...
Manners Maketh Standards
Beatrice Groth meets the well mannered man behind the stack of Evening Standards at Stratford Station.
‘It’s all about the manners’.
Mark is the man who...
London: Where Does It All End? (2) The Southend Connection
Matt Mundy hovers between London and the Essex Riviera.
‘Reid ‘ad a mare today.’
‘Corr, not ‘alf.’
‘The boy don’t cut it for me. Why ain’t the...
Cross Dressing, East Ham-Style
Habiba Tasmin met a young woman who likes dressing across cultures; and a Labour MP who did not approve of her going out dressed...
Blowing Lesser Bubbles?
Jean-Luc Peterson hears how West Ham supporters have changed their tune over the years.
Five minutes until kick-off. A firm hand on my right shoulder...
Turned Out Onto The Street
Sadie Njie witnessed this sad scene on the East London street where she lives.
10 am. Katherine Road, Forest Gate. The sun is shining at...
London: Where Does It All End? (1) The Romford Connection
Matt Banji begins a series of Rising East reports on the boundaries and extremities of Greater London.
It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m waiting at Newbury Park station...
‘Where Are The English People?’
Beatrice Groth overheard German tourists who did not realize she speaks their language.
'Wo sind wir gelandet? Schwarze Menschen uberall. Wo sind der Englander?'
Flaming June,...
Looking At London With Egypt’s Eyes
Fresh off the plane from Cairo, Lucy Woods has double visions of Egypt in East London.
After four months studying abroad in Egypt, I went...
Gangsters versus the Prophet
Alina Choudry reports on a charismatic Imam calling on young people to choose Islam over ‘gang culture’.
At the age of 22, Muhammed Asim Hussain...