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Tower Hamlets has long been one of the country's most deprived areas. We're not only talking anti-social behaviour, crap homes and lack of decent public services - that would qualify just about any area inside the M25 - but serious shortcomings in quality of life essentials. So, you might say, build them a Waitrose, send over the latest issue of The Face and a lorry load of po-faced, mulletted twats to ease assimilation with Hoxton. |
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Veteran rockers Earth Wind & Fire play at Hammersmith Apollo. 7:30pm. Queen Caroline Street, W6. £33.50. 0870 606 3400 or online. |
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Get behind the velvet ropes at View & E! Entertainment's joint party at Elysium. 10pm -3am. 68 Regent Street, W1. £12 on list. Request by 4pm. |
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| Fashion TV & catwalks at the official Alternative Fashion Week party @Tantra tonight. 9:30pm. 62 Kingly St, W1. Free on mandatory guestlist. Write or call 01245 233 684. | ||||
Instead, the good people of Cityside Regeneration have decided to take a crack at turning it around. For starters, they've converted a 19th Century Victorian school into The Whitechapel Centre, a creative pod, which turns the classic 'urban regeneration' concept on its head. Rather than creating a social project which relies on public funding
(like that ever works), surpluses of the income from the - very affordable
- tenants' rent and events is channelled straight back into local community
cultural development projects. It's a truly self-sustaining benchmark
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A free cocktail and canapes at Eclipse courtesy of Global Guest List tonight. 6:30pm. 186 Ken Park Rd, W11. Free guestlist requests by 4pm. |
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| Othellophobia: Shakespeare on E at Blue Elephant. 8pm. 59a Bethwin Road, SE5. £6-9. 020 7701 0100 or online. | ||||
A number of East London's creative ventures are housed in the OSA/Studio+44-designed space and the National Theatre will support a Sacha Wares-directed play here (on the roof-top) later this summer. Go take a look during their open house this Sunday. The Whitechapel Centre, Myrdle Street, E1 |
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V&A's Bill Brandt centenary retrospective opens today. 10am-10pm. Cromwell Road SW7. £6. 020 7942 2211. | ||
| Critically slammed, Saatchi's New Blood open. 10am-8pm Old County Hall, SE1. £8.75. 0870 1160 278 or online. | ||||
| The 18th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival starts today at NFT, ICA and Odeon West End. | ||||
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