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East End Independents – 2019 Edition

Posted on Monday 16 December 2019 by Oliver O’Brien

Following the original 2017 edition and a 2018 update, The East End Trades Guild have launched a new version of their specially created map of independent retail businesses in the East End of London, many of whom sell unique, locally made gifts ideal f…

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Treasures of Hackney

Posted on Friday 6 July 2018 by Oliver O’Brien

This is a map of Hackney Borough, from the perspective of its old, wealthy houses, and the discovered and undiscovered treasures buried under them. It was drawn by Adam Dant, and is one of the maps featured in his book “Maps of London & Beyond” which was published last month and we reviewed. The map […]

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Wild Food from the Green/Brown-Belt

Posted on Wednesday 7 September 2011 by Jon Reades

One of the things that I love about London is the easy access to relatively ‘wild’ (i.e. un-managed) areas from parts of the city that are wholly urban. We owe this, of course, to the existence of the green belt which, even as it allows me to scavenge for fresh, free food (see recipes below), …

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