Elizabeth Dearheart, a character in Wanstead Theatre Co’s promotional mockumentaryWanstead Theatre Co has been a regular feature at the Fringe and this year, the company returns with Talking Heads. Fiona Gordon explains what to expect and the innovative way it’s
One of the highlights of this year’s Wanstead Fringe is All Rest, an immersive opera set and staged in the graveyard at St Mary’s Church. Here, the opera’s composer Simone
The cultural revolution that has been going on in Wanstead for the past few years is in full flow. And, like all of us, whatever our age, it looks like
People have always cycled in Wanstead, but now there are more of us, says Jeremy Cross, treasurer of the Redbridge Cycling Campaign, which will be leading two bike rides from Wanstead
In the first of a series of articles by those leading the campaign to save The George, Jackie Clune questions Wetherspoon’s decision to sell the much-loved, affordable pub
The Wanstead Fringe, which returns next month, has grown from a small-scale community event into a multifaceted platform for local creativity and culture, writes Camille Leadbeater
Wanstead High School staff in 1925In the first of two articles, Terry Joyes reflects on his 12-year journey to publishing a book about the history of Wanstead High School, just in time for the school’s
Joshua Abbott has launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish Modernism Beyond Metro-land, a book documenting 20th-century architecture in London’s suburbs. In the second of a series of extracts, the spotlight
Daveena Seepaul, Head of Residential Property at local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash, looks at some important questions asked by buyers and sellers
Members of the Woodford and District Flower Arranging Group will be celebrating their platinum anniversary at Wanstead House next month. Margot Cooper reflects on seven decades of floral artistry
