Idea Store Canary Wharf

Story Time

Rhymes, stories and fun for babies and children up to 5 years old, plus time to choose your favourite books! Story Time takes place at all Idea Stores and Libraries

Monday to Saturday, 10.30 - 11am

Art Club

This weekly themed art club lets your creative side come alive!

Using paints, glue, glitter and lots of other items you can create something beautiful. Maybe a celebration card or a painting of winter or spring or just something crazy that you just want others to see!

Saturdays 3pm

LEGO Club

LEGO club is an opportunity to unleash your building creativity. We will give you a new challenge every week and you can build to your hearts content!

Sundays, 12noon - 1pm

Book Group

Discuss books with fellow readers at our informal, free monthly meetings. Discover what we're reading this month.

If you would like to join the group above please email Mario.Mackenzie@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Third Thursday of the Month, 6.30pm

Exhibition

The Camera as a Witness: Forty Years of Tower Hamlets
A Photographic Diary by Raju Vaidyanathan: 1983-Present day

Displayed until the end of May at Idea Store Canary Wharf

Born and raised on Brick Lane, photographer and “history collector” Raju Vaidyanathan has spent his life rooted in Tower Hamlets. Raju has always been closely connected to the streets and people he photographed, a relationship that shapes every image he makes.

Since 1983, he has quietly built a visual diary of the borough, possessing over forty thousand black‑and‑white negatives that capture neighbours, football teams, youth clubs, markets, and everyday street life, with the most significant of these works displayed in this exhibition.