Interview: Influencer Katya Katkova
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. […]
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Interview: Artist Hassan Hajjaj
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 […]
Jenny Lewis, Hackney Photographer
By Kelly Beswick Photographer and long-time Hackney resident Jenny Lewis has worked for many top publications, specialising in intimate and arresting celebrity portraits. She’s been […]
Interview: Harriet Horton, Taxidermist East London
BY KELLY BESWICK Taxidermy is firmly back in fashion, but in it’s modern guise it’s about ethically sourced animals and artistic pieces and no one […]
Interview: Artist Camille Walala
BY KELLY BESWICK You’ve probably found yourself staring up in wonder at her pastel graffiti on Brick Lane or her graphic murals around Stoke Newington, […]
Interview: Sam Francis, X7eaven
BY KELLY BESWICK Known in show business as the triple threat, singing, dancing and acting have taken Sam Francis all over the world, choreographing on […]
Musical Director of Dockland’s Sinfonia
BY KELLY BESWICK The grandson of a docker whose love of music was born listening to his granddad play trumpet in East End working men’s […]
Interview: Henry Miller Fine Art, Walthamstow
BY KELLY BESWICK He discovered a passion for collecting art at 17, and despite pursuing a career in law, Henry Miller couldn’t shake off the […]
The Goodhood Store, Curtain Road
SHOP LONDON: An Insider’s guide to Spending Like a Local by Emma McCarthy, Francis Lincoln, £9.99 East London brand Goodhood reinvents the department store set-up […]