Small world of difference
A virtual culture project is encouraging children and teenagers to tap into family members’ memories, writes Linsey Wynton Last...
Category: Features
‘I had to cancel my 90th birthday’
Pensioner George Clarke describes life in his Chingford care home since the lockdown began Since the virus began and...
Discovering the Welhams of Walthamstow
Tour guide Joanna Moncrieff, from Waltham Forest History and Heritage Network, delves into the story of an unusual family...
‘I cannot praise staff enough’
Elliot Bourne was treated at Whipps Cross Hospital with Covid-19 I was picked up by an ambulance after my...
Reaching out
James Cracknell learns more about the new community centre being built by Waltham Forest’s largest charity Anyone who has...
Joy in geraniums
Ros Kane on how a simple pot of flowers is bringing joy to a Leytonstone street I was getting...
The lost farm of Lea Bridge
Claire Weiss on the remarkable discoveries she made while researching her local neighbourhood An industrial estate that once stood...
Better than broccoli
Nutritionist Verena Dickson is launching a series of local workshops to help children eat healthily While parents are helplessly...
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...
Help beat stress in 2020
Ginette White, founder of Waltham Forest Reflexology, offers her tips for beating stress Stress has a considerable emotional and...