Features

South Woodford resident Gina Wade started creating coloured-pencil drawings of pets and wildlife – including this festive Robin – during lockdown. Here, the Dutch-born artist explains how it all began

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, our resident diarist and observer of all things local. Illustrated by Evelyn Rowland

There’ll be plenty of festive cheer in South Woodford this November and December with plenty of events for all the community to enjoy. Kris Kringle reports

Jo Cullen from local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash explores employee rights in a redundancy situation, when you need to protect yourself from unfair treatment, discrimination and victimisation 

Adult mixed-voice chamber choir The Crofton Singers have entered their 77th year of music-making at Bancroft’s School. Chairman Greg Hartwell reports on a local choir with a rich history

His iconic designs may be popular around the world, but William Morris grew up in Woodford. With 2024 marking his 190th birthday, Emily Allen reflects on the life of an extraordinary artist

As the holiday season approaches, a group of passionate volunteer bakers led by Paul Canal and Sarah-Jane Hogg are gearing up to make a difference

Tin in a Bin will host a drag queen bingo night on 23 November to raise funds for Redbridge Foodbank’s warehouse renovation project. James Nunn reports on the charity’s recent work

TfL has created a bus fiasco in Wanstead and South Woodford with its incompetent changes to the W12, W13 and W14 routes, say Save Our Local Bus Services campaigners. Member Donna Mizzi explains

In the fourth of a series of articles to mark Churchfields Infants’ and Junior School’s 150th anniversary, former pupil Susan Douse (class of 1991) offers her thanks to the schools which shaped the

Joshua Abbott is crowdfunding to publish the book Modernism Beyond Metro-land. In the second of a series of extracts, the spotlight is on the Odeon. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Daveena Seepaul, Head of Residential Property at local solicitors Edwards Duthie Shamash, takes a look at some of the many pitfalls and problems that can arise from residential purchase transactions