Future Hackney
Introducing Future Hackney – a visual storytelling collective empowering a new generation of young creatives to tell the stories that matter, right on their doorstep. […]
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East London Social Enterprise Schemes
By Charlotte Tottenham A new movement of do-good brands are making a real impact in East London, many nurtured by Year Here, a social innovation […]
Arielle Free’s East London Hot Spots
Best Market Broadway market My favourite thing to do when I’ve got some time to myself is to walk down to Broadway Market, grab a […]
East London’s Hidden Gem
Well Street, E9 Ever since Well Street gained fame in 1919 for being the place where Jack Cohen started his trade on the street market, […]
Hackney Swifts Fuel Community Spirit
When people say Hamish Burnett is “for the birds”, it’s a real compliment. There’s nothing flighty about the Hackney Swifts, the small, but growing, flock […]
The Breakup Monologues with Rosie Wilby live at Poplar Union
BY LARA MILLS Whole hearted howls, oh-so-relatable anecdotes, thrown together with the psychology behind ghosting and open relationships. Award-winning comedian, author and accidental relationship guru, […]
The Secret Life of Relationships: Love, Sex & Fidelity
An interview with Rosie Wilby and Liz Bentley ‘Is monogamy dead?’, asks Rosie Wilby in her book of the same name. It’s one of the […]
East Ham Photographer Shane Laws x Danny Phantom
Photographer Shane Laws is creating an exciting new series shot entirely on 35mm film. The work focuses on Danny Phantom (AKA Eugene Ekomblo) a young, […]
Appear Here: Space for Ideas competition
Appear Here, the leading market place for short-term retail space have announced the launch of its third Space for Ideas competition. This competition offers an […]
Support for the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs – APPLY NOW
Year Here, a new movement of do-good brands are making a real impact in East London, nurtured by revolutionary social innovation programme Year Here. Current […]
Norah Smyth Exhibition
For the first time ever, the photographs of Norah Smyth – suffragette, photographer and activist – will be exhibited, bringing her original photos back to […]
Help Refugees Stay Warm this Winter
CALAIDE Christmas is an age away, yet summer feels like a distant memory – we’re in that interminable part of the year where time is […]
Girl vs Cancer New Tit-Tee
Chiquita Bananas Iconic brand, Chiquita Bananas, has announced a partnership with online community Girl Vs Cancer to create a new ‘tit-tee’ bananas design in support […]
Employment Training for Homeless People
We catch up with Alex Stephany founder of Beam, a WeWork-based social enterprise that crowdfunds employment training for homeless people How did Beam come about? […]
The East End Hoola Hoola Girl
Best of East London
Is Building Tall in East London the Answer?
The East is awash with new developments, some good, some not so good. We speak to Martin Davies, of international architecture firm BDP, on what […]
WeWork Creators Event, EC1
WeWork launch their second edition of We, The Creators events in London. Hosted to shine the light on inspiring entrepreneurs and bring together creative minds […]
Wild Food Foraging in East London
From working in the city to foraging for wild food in East London, George Fredenham’s journey has been nothing if not interesting On a misty […]
Instagram Sensation Captures Sheer Joy of East London
Lithuanian-born Katya Katkova’s carefully curated Instagram account @eastlondonmornings attracts nearly 70,000 followers and her passion for her adopted corner of the capital cannot be doubted. […]
Hassan Hajjaj – Suk Meets Street Style
BY KELLY BESWICK His art is a marvellous, mighty mash-up of Arabic aesthetic and East London street style, which is hardly surprising considering Hassan Hajjaj […]