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Two award-winning professional photographers will be offering an insight into their working lives at a Wanstead Fringe event on 11 September. Geoff Wilkinson, who runs Gallery 84 on Nightingale Lane,...

A murder mystery evening will take place at Wanstead Library this month to mark Agatha Christie Week. “Join a cast of colourful characters all set on dining with death! When...

New track and sound absorbent pads are being installed on local sections of the Central Line to reduce noise. “We fully understand the effect that noise from the Tube can...

An evening of stargazing in the grounds of Wanstead Cricket Club will mark the start of this year’s Wanstead Fringe. “There are two chances to see the night sky through...

Local artist Karen Humpage has been constructing a large model cow which will be wandering around Wanstead on 7 September (10am to 1.30pm) as part of the art trail. Last...

Clocks and timepieces will appear along Wanstead High Street this month, attached to trees, fences and street furniture. “They are the work of Aldersbrook and Wanstead Church primary schoolchildren for...

The magic of panto and storytelling will come to local libraries this autumn with a series of performances by drag queen Mama G. “Created by popular panto dame Robert Pearce,...

The Woodford and District branch of the National Trust (NT) has made a number of donations to NT properties following the death of former member Gwen Clarke, who bequeathed £107,000...

The Friends of Wanstead Parklands has commissioned Dr Hannah Armstrong – an expert in 18th-century architecture and landscape design – to write the first-ever large-scale history of Wanstead House. “In...

The producers of The Railway Children – to be performed at Forest School in Snaresbrook as part of the Wanstead Fringe festival – are searching for a local actor to...