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Balancing the books can be a tall order in today’s straightened times. Now a Dalston-based company that prides itself on ethical values is looking ...

Thursday evening, Goldsmiths lecturers and students, went down to the St Pauls demonstrations to support their solidarity to the protests that have...

Students are particularly likely to be scammed because of their reliance on social networking sites.  That was the message from the Metropolitan P...

This week is National Baking Week. Seven days that give us an excuse to stuff our faces with fatty, heart-attack inducing, homemade goodies. But do...

  Sir Michael Wilshaw was appointed last week as the new chief inspector of school and dhildren’s services, replacing Christine Gilbert, who...

Carol Overington and Angelia Jordan. Photo: Sophia Ignatidou Gary Cansell continues his report on life behind the scenes in a south London funeral ...

Gary Cansell continues his report on life behind the scenes in a south London funeral directors Perched on high heels, Jordan and Overington both w...

When it comes to writing job applications, internships are an essential feature on everyone’s CV.  It’s a great way to meet people, as...

One of Britain's best black writers talks about what lies behind his work

Ros Barthelmy is an artist based in Hackney who uses social art therapy to help families affected by mental health and relationship breakdowns. She...

Jeremy Worman tells East London Lines about his personal history of Hackney. The author has produced a selection of short stories about the boroug...

Former Human League and Heaven 17 musician Martyn Ware asked the audience at last week’s Media and the Senses event, to sniff a number of syn...

Lithuania The word Velykos, Easter in Lithuanian, means an “important day”. It truly is important to any Lithuanian, as it is time to g...

A former post office worker has opened a luxury boutique hotel on Dalston Lane last month. The Avo Hotel is a family business located between build...

As a native Greek-Cypriot, when I think of the words ‘Easter’ and ‘Cyprus’ two things spring to mind – flaounes and tsourekia.  Cypriots...

Ed Miliband told the Guardian this week: “Local people have got be able to have more say … about 24-hour drinking and nightclubs, and what is c...

Takafumi Kajihara woke up on March 11th to a Facebook message from a British friend. It read: “Is your family ok?”. Kajihara’s hear...

On Friday, March 11, Takafumi Kajihara woke up to a Facebook message from a British friend. It read: “Is your family ok?”. Kajihara’s heart s...

One of the UK’s most influential reggae singers, who made his name with a Lewisham based sound-system, was found dead at his home on Tuesday. T...

Never a dull moment in his shows, London’s fashionistas couldn’t wait to set eyes on Bora Aksu’s A/W ’11 presentation at Somerset House...

They’re a regular sight at A&E centres across London, admitted with broken limbs and sometimes in a critical condition; cyclists on the capit...

To mark London Fashion Week, ELL will be profiling some of the most distinctive dressers from along the line. In the second of our features we look...

    Frustrated Irish citizens cast their votes next week in the hope of rejuvenating a political status quo that has now floundered beyond rescue...

To mark London Fashion Week, ELL will be profiling some of the most distinctive dressers from along the line. Check back over the next week to see ...

The workers hunch over their stations; little paper masks protecting them from the noxious fumes and floating detritus. Furiously they file and buf...

With the recent news that the official beer for the Olympics in 2012 will be Heineken rather than our native Fuller’s, should we be worried t...

ELL visits London's best pub - the Dog and Bell in Deptford

Students who avoided university over debt fears are given the opportunity to study at Goldsmiths, University of London through a scheme set up to r...

The Meateasy crew bring London's best burgers to SE14

ELL's David Murphy talks to former competition winner Stella Aranaillos