For the past few months @prospect_uk I’ve been profiling the mayor of Tower Hamlets, alongside @Coramazov a fellow at the Centre for Investigative Journalism. Mayor Lutfur Rahman is a complex political figure. He’s both Icarus and Lazarus. https://t.co/q1AMx8W9fC

Profile of Tower Hamlets mayor @milesellingham and I wrote for @prospect_uk. Read about the contentious past, progressive policy and future plans of Lutfur Rahman, a man who completed one of the most dramatic comebacks in British political history. https://t.co/VCGHlWZSoL

A beautiful and inspiring read by our co-founder and good friend @georgenturner .

Properly tense exchange there between Grant Shapps and Mishal Husain on the BBC's coverage of the war in Israel/Gaza. Husain making Shapps look like a bit of a chump, it has to be said.

I wish as many people gave a shit about this video when it was originally shared and it was about Syria.

Road cyclists alert: Redbridge CC has its Hill Climb Championship on Sunday morning up Banks Lane, near Hobbs Cross/Epping. We have some spaces left for members of other clubs to join in. Details/tickets here

In which there has to be Mulholland Drive-like hidden meanings in every sentence. There just has to be

The debut film by director Ben Cheetham is a beautiful and brutal forensic examination of the full story behind Mark’s death.

Mark died in suspicious circumstances after attending a party with the controversial rock star Pete Doherty. After a failed police investigation, this is the story of grieving mother, Sheila Blanco’s, relentless pursuit of justice.

Screening C4 Monday>> PETE DOHERTY, WHO KILLED MY SON? The Channel 4 documentary explores the unexplained death of Mark Blanco in 2006. @JusticeForMark

Done ✔️ Thanks @SportiveBreaks. Really fantastically organised throughout. Great people, very helpful. Thoroughly recommend 👍

@JuliaKollewe @ByRobDavies I've lived there for 26 years and it has never been more vibrant, it's packed at weekends in particular. It's character is just evolving which is a good thing.

And as for ‘soulless’, what exactly do they mean? Clean,well looked after, great landscaping,nice walks by the water,v little traffic and at weekends/in the evenings loads of families out in cleaner air. An oasis in Tower Hamlets and miles better than the gritty, puke-filled City

Latest doom-laden article (following the FT) predicting death of ‘soulless’ Canary Wharf. Written seemingly by people who rarely go there.And all focusing on experience of commuters;no references at all to massive career opportunities it’s given to locals.

Part one of an important series of stories about Tower Hamlets, its politics, corruption, developer influence on the planning process, and foreign ownership of land They are the most detailed stories about Tower Hamlets since the days of @TedJeory & Mark Baynes 1/

Outstanding work