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Creative Connections

Local resident Nina Stafford explains the background to ArtHouse Social, a new charity dedicated to providing therapeutic art sessions for young adults with additional needs

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Swans’ space

Wanstead boasts a thriving swan population and with nesting season underway, local Swan Sanctuary volunteer Louisa Green urges the public to respect the swans’ space

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Listen and learn

In the 45th of a series of articles, David Bird discusses the work of Redbridge Music Society and introduces harpists Oliver Wass and Lise Vandersmissen, who will be performing in Wanstead

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Driving the story

A documentary about TfL’s recent ‘disastrous’ changes to local bus routes by 14-year-old Riku Fryderyk has received much praise. Here, the young filmmaker tells the story behind the story

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Non-stop stress

Recent changes to local bus routes have impacted the lives of many residents. In the fourth of a series of articles, Save Our Local Bus Services campaign organiser Liz Martins

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Biased beliefs?

Religious misogyny and secularism’s role in achieving women’s equality will be the subject of the East London Humanists’ April event, led by Megan Manson from the National Secular Society. Paul

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Setting the Stage

From The Bill to Hamlet, local actor Ashley Gunstock has a theatrical career spanning 45 years. This month, he will be taking to the stage much closer to home for

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Fred’s War Story

As the nation prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Redbridge Museum Officer Nishat Alam reflects on the wartime diary of former Aldersbrook resident Fred James

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Away from home

In the fifth of a series of articles charting the experiences of a Wanstead-based travel writer, Carole Edrich recalls how terror turned to euphoria during a trip to Colombia

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Park plans

Ahead of the Friends of Wanstead Parkland’s AGM in April, chairman Peter Brimson provides an overview of some of the improvement works that are likely to take place in the

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Renters’ Rights

The Renters’ Rights Bill will make several significant changes to the private rented sector, explains James Harrison from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash

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What lies beneath

Local artist Leia Darla Davies had a connection with art from a very early age and is now looking to collaborate with other creatives in the local area as part