News

Late for school

The much-delayed redevelopment of Wanstead High School and Wanstead Leisure Centre prompted local parents, including Georgina Brewis and Fiona Law, to ...

Brewed for you

Wanstead Beer Festival returns this month with more than 50 beers and ciders, a specially brewed braggot, new commemorative glass ...

Community & Culture

This month, St Gabriel’s Church in Aldersbrook will host a Black History Month celebration, open to all and bringing the ...

Rebel Reading

Geraldine Roberts’ latest book uncovers the remarkable lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, tracing diplomacy, politics and personal fortunes across ...

Mending Matters

Wanstead Repair Café volunteers will mark International Repair Day with a special taster session at Wanstead Library, encouraging residents to ...

Wanstead’s Dark Side

Many of us witnessed the solar eclipse in early August, but fewer will have experienced the lunar eclipse a few ...

Photo and story

In the 11th of a series of articles featuring images by the Woodford and Wanstead Photographic Society, Anuraj Theivendram reflects on the ...

Listen and learn

In the 55th of a series of articles, David Bird discusses the work of Redbridge Music Society and introduces pianist John ...

Big Rail Story

One writer, one Interrail pass and a wildly over-ambitious, 37-stop journey to test railway accessibility in Europe. Wanstead-based travel writer ...

Stitches in time

In the seventh of a series of articles, Susan Allison reports on the culmination of a community project which created ...