Jonny Woo, East London’s queen of drag
Jonny Woo, East London’s queen of drag and owner of iconic pub The Glory talks performance, identity and drag superstardom in a Covid age with Sylvie Wilkinson
Category: people
My Lockdown Life – Anne Qvortrup
BEAST speaks to Anne Qvortrup, founder of Sprycraft Drinks about her lockdown life and how her Danish roots and age-old traditions inspired her dream
My Lockdown Life – Sophie Powell
My Lockdown Life is our interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time. We talk to Sophie Powell about working from home and how it has helped launch her new business Launderette Studio.
My Lockdown Life – Owen Pacey
My Lockdown Life is our interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time. We talk to Owen Pacey, owner of Shoreditch based antique fireplace and lighting specialist, Rennaisance.
My Lockdown Life – Venus and The Cat
My Lockdown Life is our interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time.
Inspiring Beer Sommelier – Natalya Watson
Meet Natalya Watson and find out how women are shaping and defining the beer industry in East London and beyond
My Lockdown Life – Holly Bourne
My Lockdown Life is our interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time. We talk to East London author, Holly Bourne.
My Lockdown Life – Andrea Danelli & Martina Vitali
My Lockdown Life is our interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time.
Tatty Devine: Interview with founders Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine
The people behind jewellery brand Tatty Devine
Guerilla Gardening – Little Holes of Happiness
We spoke to guerilla gardener Steve Wheen, who transformed hundreds of East London potholes into to works of art
A League of Their Own
The year Simon Di Principe spent photographing the footballers on Hackney Marshes proved to him that the beautiful game still exists
Grace Regan: Interview with founder of vegan curry house SpiceBox
The founder of vegan curry house SpiceBox…
Women’s Motorcycle Club
Introducing VC: East London’s women’s motorcycle club
My Lockdown Life – Tilly Tomkins
My Lockdown Life is our new interview series discovering how fellow East Londoners are coping with their new normal, what they’re up to and how we can support them at this time. We talk to Tilly Tomkins, founder of Nearer the Moon.
Kali Hamm and Memby Jago: Interview with founders of Palm Greens
The people behind Hackney salad bar Palm Greens…
Future Hackney
A storytelling collective empowering a new generation of young creatives…
East London Social Enterprise Schemes
A new movement of do-good brands are making a real impact in East London, many nurtured by Year Here, a social innovation fellowship programme training and supporting the next generation of social entrepreneurs.
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 […]