William Dillwyn, a co-ordinator of the British abolitionist and anti-slavery campaign, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and lived in Walthamstow (Blackhorse Lane) from 1777 until his death in 1824. A devout... Read more »
An “extraordinary citizen” organising food packs to 6,000 people in east London during the pandemic has won the coveted British Citizen Award. Rofikul Islam, of Poplar, is one of 27 “ordinary people” around the country who’ve been named in the awards.... Read more »
