Delights of nature
Helen Bigham finds joy in the small things Nature is on our doorstep and research has shown that getting...
Category: Features
Girls just wanna run businesses
Discover the Leyton street where women are leading the way A street in Leyton is gaining recognition as a...
Rewarding enterprise
This year marks half-a-century since a utopian vision of retirement living was made reality in Chingford, writes George Clarke...
Rebel for life
Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion now has a group in Walthamstow, writes Jessica Townsend I first began to properly...
Helping life flourish on the Lea
Money awarded to environmental voluntary group, writes Frances Dismore Community-led waterways clean-up group Stonebridge Lock Coalition (SLC) have been...
Reasoning with the kids
A Leyton school in winning praise for its philosphy, writes Julia Taylor Philosophy may be as old as Ancient...
To bee or not to bee
Helen Bigham finds local solutions to a global problem Shocking research states that plummeting insect numbers threaten the collapse...
Staging a comeback
£17m restoration of Granada Cinema planned as council is set to buy iconic venue, writes James Cracknell As Waltham...
Falling into the Suntrap
An environmental centre has been educating local schoolchildren for decades, writes Helen Bigham Not all classrooms have four walls. Visiting Suntrap Forest...
Space to create
Freelancers and entrepreneurs are sharing ideas, as well as workspace, in Blackhorse Lane, writes Kate Tattersfield As a freelancer, working from home...