Features

Local artist Verity Watkins is fascinated by flowers – including Wanstead Park’s iconic bluebells – and celebrates their beauty through screen printing

Wanstead Theatre Co will mark the VE Day anniversary with an adaptation of a moving wartime play, and in a truly special moment, the playwright is flying in from New York to see it. Fiona Gordon reports

As part of VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations, local historian Davis Watson will give a talk about the impact World War Two had on Wanstead

In the 12th of a series of articles, Revd James Gilder of Wanstead Parish reflects on the unexpected connection he found between last month’s Easter celebrations and this month’s VE Day anniversary gatherings

Art Group Wanstead member Heidi Stutt enjoys exploring the beauty of insects and the changing seasons through watercolour paintings

Haydn Powell from the Redbridge Cycling Campaign encourages you to get on your bike and head down to Wanstead Park next month to take part in Redbridge’s festival of cycling. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Step into spring with a visit to a local open garden. With so many wonderful National Garden Scheme gardens to explore, there’s something for everyone, says local volunteer organiser Teresa Farnham

David Sleet is the non-clinical director of Wanstead Mental Health Clinic and is proud to have launched The Veterans’ RVP, a new level of support for veterans and their person of significance

On the move? Read this first, says Daveena Seepaul from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash, who offers an overview of the conveyancing process for buyers and sellers

As a clinical reflexologist, John Morecraft has witnessed first-hand how this holistic therapy can profoundly impact individuals seeking balance and wellbeing

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

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