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Hitchcock: a short pilgrimage around Leytonstone
Click to view slideshow. It’s not exactly breaking news to say that one of the greatest ever film directors was also Leytonstone’s most iconic resident. And, while most know roughly where the main...
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Heard about the Woodhouse Players?
Rehearsal shot from current play, Interview. Photo: WP For about twelve weekends every year the Welsh Church Hall on High Road Leytonstone, right by the Green Man roundabout, transforms itself into a...
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The Red Lion: back to its 1930s heyday?
It’s been through more name-changes than P Diddy: a splendid Lion in the 1930s. Photo: Twitter You might well take it for granted if you’ve moved to Leytonstone within the last half decade, but The Red...
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A potted history of Leytonstone’s amazing art scene
Last year’s Arts Trail. Photo: PRLeytonstone Arts Trail starts next week. And while locals will be proud to be part of the BBC’s Get Creative initiative this year, it’s no fluke. E11’s history of being...
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Hitchcock: a short pilgrimage around Leytonstone
Have you ever actually stopped to look at those mosaics in the subway? Where can you see framed stills from The Birds? And was the great director really banged up at the age of five?
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Heard about the Woodhouse Players?
The local drama group regularly get sell-out crowds at their intelligent productions. And the last three nights of their current double bill take place this week
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The Red Lion: back to its 1930s heyday?
This week it emerged butterfly-like from months of scaffolding. We salute a local architectural classic
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A potted history of Leytonstone’s amazing art scene
The ninth annual Arts Trail starts next week. But did you know E11 has been a magnet for the greats for nearly a century?
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The latest on Leyton Cricket Pavilion becoming a foodie hub
The historic local building is to be transformed thanks to one and a half million quid’s worth of lottery funding
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Hollow Pond: a brief history
Ponder its genesis as you amble across E11's bucolic open space
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St John’s Churchyard – and the hidden tomb of the man who set free slaves
Wander round Leytonstone's oasis for fascinating local tales - not least the philanthropic Buxton family
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Six Things We Learnt This Week: Black History Month, Luna Lounge RIP and more
How to mark the start of Black History Month locally. Plus Leytonstone Loves Film, Mora, and Abbott's Park
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Lockdown walks? Six handy ideas
From canalside coffee to medieval churches, murals and ancient filter beds, shake up your strolls
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You’ll never look at local architecture in the same way again
Michael de la Lama walks the streets with a unique take on what makes the houses in E10 and E11 so fascinating
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Leytonstone’s architecture: from James Lane to Derek Jacobi – and ‘Hollywood’
Self-taught local architectural historian Michael De la Lama talks us through five more fascinating local houses
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Disappeared: the local cinemas I knew and loved
Lifelong local resident Alan Wells OBE recalls the 1960s picturehouses of Leyton, Leytonstone and Walthamstow
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Unchartered Streets: take a six-mile hike around Leyton with this new guide
Author Matt Haynes talks through some highlights of his fascinating new 92-page guidebook to the streets of E10
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Black History Month 2021: three local highlights
From foraging in the forest to local history walks, we pick a trio of highlights across the borough
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God’s Own Junkyard: the story of neon signs – and their E17 home
In an exclusive extract from new book London Explored, read why the world's biggest collection is in Walthamstow
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Six Things: new E11 openings, Fred & John, Forest Gate and more
A slew of new places to explore, plus don't miss our offers, ideas and general weekend inspo
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