New ways to play
Walthamstow Toy Library director Helen Crockford on her mission to ensure all children have access to high-quality educational toys...
Category: Features
Strike for our future
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Student activist Ummi Hoque from Walthamstow urges people to get involved in this month’s climate strike Time’s running out...
The bomb that wrecked Walthamstow
Remembering the ‘flying bomb’ that caused devastation to Hoe Street 75 years ago this month On the morning of...
Teens taking action over homelessness
Youngsters launch campaign to raise awareness of rough sleeping As rough sleeping continues to rise in Waltham Forest, a...
Summer sustenance
Helen Bigham explores low-cost options for keeping children happy during the summer holidays Happiness is not having to set...
Celebrating our industrial roots
Lindsay Collier from Lea Valley Heritage Alliance on why we should be doing more to celebrate our local industrial...
Relight my choir
Diana Pilkington on how she ended up on stage with Take That As I gazed out at the sea...
United against knife crime
Courtney Barrett on why he decided to launch a knife amnesty campaign I started the ‘Binning Knives Saves Lives’...
Demanding better for Bakers Arms
Local resident Mike Grimshaw meets shop owners to find out more about the problems they face Bakers Arms, the...
Students get trollied
Shopping trolley among the objects fished out of river by dedicated college students, writes Frances Dismore With strong belief...