Last week we joined students from Ravens Wood School in Bromley to celebrate the music and legacy of their most famous student, David Bowie, for their wonderful ‘Ravens Woodstock’ event. The event saw extraordinarily talented student performances of Space Oddity, Life on Mars, Starman and Rebel Rebel, poems by the school’s Laureate Kojo and the school’s English teacher Jimmy Bowman, a brilliant DJ set from Brixton Radio and anecdotes from David Bowie’s lifelong friend, collaborator, and...

We were delighted to unveil this morning a fascinating fragment of Barking's 18th century workhouse, restored and relocated to Abbey Green, Barking. The plaque was once mounted high on the pediment of Barking’s Georgian workhouse and is the only surviving remnant of a building that once dominated Barking's civic life. Demolished in 1936, the workhouse has vanished from the townscape, but the stone plaque spent decades lying in pieces in the kitchen garden at Eastbury Manor House. ...

Following the successful restoration of the Hanbury Fountain on 10 March this year, the original historic taps were removed for a full replication and redesign. This has taken longer than anticipated as specialist parts need to be made. However, due to the warm summer weather, and to ensure the fountain can be used as soon as possible, we have now installed new temporary taps – the same as at the Toynbee Fountain – and the fountain is now back in working order and able to be used. The...