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
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Hackney Marshes Football
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, East London
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.
Interview: Kali Hamm and Memby Jago, 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.
Well Street, Hackney
Well Street, Hackney has been a popular spot for all kinds of traders
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 […]
Interview: Rosie Wilby & Liz Bentley
‘Is monogamy dead?’, asks Rosie Wilby in her book of the same name. It’s one of the many questions of the day in an ever-changing […]
Interview: Marawa the Amazing
Best of East London
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. […]
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: Danny Sutton, Sutton & Sons Fish & Chips
Danny Sutton, aka Danny the Fish, is owner of fish-battering Mecca, Sutton & Sons (their cod is to die for). Here, he reveals what took […]
Interview: East London Fashion Designer Carli Pearson
Carli Pearson’s luxury womenswear label, CIMONE is creating a stir in the world of haute couture. Formerly of Stella McCartney, Alexander Wang, Pucci and McQ, she talks going solo and why the East is where it’s at
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 […]