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Founded in 2015, Leytonstoner is the only regular 100% independent newsletter and online publication dedicated to food, drink, arts and culture in the East London postcodes of (approximately) E10, E11, E15, E17, E20 and beyond. Thousands of you have read it for nearly a decade. And happily, the readership continues to climb.

As the most exciting up-and-coming corner of London, 2025 will be a big deal - and not just as it’s our tenth birthday. The year also promises huge new openings for the area, from world-class museums like the five-storey V&A East on Stratford’s new East Bank waterfront to Walthamstow’s new Soho Theatre, not to mention the increasingly vibrant food & drink scene in Leyton and Leytonstone.

Leytonstoner is lovingly edited by broadsheet journalist and travel writer Stephen Emms, a longterm freelancer for The Guardian, BBC Travel, Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller and more.

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We are asking you to pay £5/month in return for unlimited access. If you commit for a year it works out as just 86p a week. Heck, that’s not even a pint of milk. If you’ve made it this far, many thanks. And see you around.

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