An art gallery opened on Saturday at ‘The Thicket’, to raise funds for the Norwood Library, Crystal Palace. Lightbox, a local developer, in conjunction with Bigger Picture Gallery organised the art exhibition to re-develop a former local pub, ‘The Thicket’ and raise funds for the greatly underfunded Upper…
Luke’s Café, a new pop up food stall from Brockley, offers award-winning Hartland Pies at the Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood until September 9. The purpose-built “food shed”, which is located next to the Hayward Gallery, represents a contemporary take on the traditional idea of a community café. If the taste…
Hackney faced the highest herpes infection rate in London in 2012, with approximately 420 people diagnosed, according to a recent Public Health England report. The report provided insight into the occurrence of different sexually transmitted infections (STI) in each borough of the capital from 2009 to 2012. Additionally the Public…
Women are made to feel like a problem, feminist author Caitlin Moran told her audience at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival last weekend. The talk was the first memorial event in honour of Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th century feminist writer who lived and worked in the area. Wollstonecraft argued in her…
Make Escape is a craft making get-together in Hackney held every last Tuesday of the month. On May 28, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the first anniversary of the monthly craft night.…
Beginning to write a book was like having constipation, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh told an audience at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival this week. He said: “Writing a book is like doing a shit basically. First, you are constipated, then you get it out and think: ‘Thanks God for that!’…
The quirky name Olive Loves Alfie is well known to London creative families with a taste for something different when it comes to their children’s clothes.…
The Historic Royal Palaces in partnership with the Royal Mint Museum has opened a new permanent exhibition at the Tower of London. Coins and Kings: The Royal Mint at the Tower explores the story of the Mint during the years it was based at the Tower, between c1279 and 1812.…
In Shoreditch a monthly meeting called the Roundabout Kids has started to bring young entrepreneurs working in the the tech scene at the Silicon Roundabout together. Alex Nguyen and friend Vishal Ladwa thought it would be a good idea to have meetings for young professionals who want to start up…
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“Blood Stained Headlines– the Woolwich Murder
“Blood Stained Headlines– the Woolwich Murder and Multicultural Life” by Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths The deafening frequency of the sirens on Wednesday night was reminiscent of London after the 7th July bombings as the police cars and vans hurtled down the New Cross Road towards Woolwich. It is the soundtrack…
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