A first for blue heritage plaques
As part of our project celebrating De Underground Records for Newham Heritage Month a blue plaque has been …
New Podcast Launch
We’ve been working on a research project with funding from Newham Heritage Month about the history and heritage …
Sweet Harmony, part of London Design Festival
Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest, 1989-1994 has been included in this weeks London Design Festival. The …
Ravescene Magazine
Independently published rave zine, published in Chingford in the 90s …
Radio programmes
Picture above: view of John Drinkwater Tower from Leytonstone Village, showing the North Star pub, 1980s; courtesy of …
Hardcore to Jungle and the enduring legacy of Brain Records, Leytonstone
Music To Get Exhausted To This week I speak to, Bizzy B, one of the nice guys of …
Ska, Woodwork and Chickenwire Mannequins: The Friendships that Sowed the Seeds of East London Rave
Unearthing the story of friends whose love of music and parties saw them create some of the defining …
An addition to the Ex-Warner Archive
Lockdown has given one of the former residents, Michael Wood, the time to dig out some photographs of …
Lightboxes & Lettering Exhibition, Bow Arts
We currently have an exhibition at The Nunnery Gallery, Bow. The exhibition is the culmination of a two-year, …