Going glean
David Latto on how a Bakers Arms café is building a healthy community The Gleaners is a ‘pay-what-you-feel’ community...
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The right kind of Arms trade
Mike Grimshaw meets the independent fashion traders who have found a new home for their businesses at Bakers Arms...
A lot in common
Mike Grimshaw discovers a new community hub in Leyton At Bakers Arms, just a few yards from the crossroads,...
Demanding better for Bakers Arms
Local resident Mike Grimshaw meets shop owners to find out more about the problems they face Bakers Arms, the...
Happy birthday, Hornbeam!
Walthamstow environmental charity celebrates 25 years, writes Sue Wheat The Hornbeam Centre – 25 years old last month –...
We need to invest in our communities
Following the death of his friend Jaden Moodie, teenager Tanner Reid-Brady writes about the problems facing young people When...
Victim’s family watch MPs debate knife crime
Death of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie leads to calls for public inquiry, reports Alice Richardson, Local Democracy Reporter The family...
Relaunch and recycle
Nilesh Patel from Forest Recycling Project on the relaunch of a long-running social enterprise Our long-running social enterprise Forest...
Homes with a slice of history
Mike Grimshaw, a resident of Bakers Almshouses, tells the fascinating story of one of the borough’s oldest housing estates...
Tales from settlers over the past century
In his latest history feature, Daniel Shannon-Hughes discovers what brought migrants from near and far to Waltham Forest What...