Saturday 20th April saw the annual worldwide event Record Store Day. It was launched in 2007 and has gone on to be a major success. In the East London Lines boroughs a number of stores participated including the renowned Rough Trade Records and Kristina Records in Hackney. The day encourages…
The first thing you notice about Gordon Mac is the hair, and then the laugh. A bunch of stubby, silver dreads bound with a black hairband. Against his sharp suit, they suggest an interesting past. The laugh is boyish and infectious, a snicker. You can’t help but think of a…
Follow our route to discover Hackney’s greatest street art. Find your way to Shoreditch High Street station and begin this journey. Along this tour you’ll pass by countless restaurants, bars, cafés and pubs. So why not – as we did – grab a coffee on the way from Allpress Espresso Roastery on Redchurch Street? Sip [...]
Hackney Marshes will host several major entertainment events every summer for the next five years if a planning application by the council is accepted. BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend, which included performances from global stars such as Rihanna and Jay-Z, attracted over 100,000 people last year. However, as the Hackney…
Dipping into a hot tub, snuggling under a blanket on a rooftop, shuffling through a prison whilst being berated by a guard – is this how you would describe a typical night at the cinema? Well perhaps it is now. Recent film screenings in east London have seen…
This past Sunday, February 3, the UK’s very first book arts centre, the London Centre for Book Arts, officially opened its doors in Hackney. Simon Goode, the centre’s brainchild studied the creative format at university and wanted to fill a gap in Britain’s art world. [...]
HMV may be on the brink of collapse, but there’s no shortage of lively independent record stores in the ELL boroughs. Motivated by a renewed interest in vinyl, local businesses are defying the trend and not only surviving, but thriving. Kristina Records in Dalston was opened in 2011 by a…
New Yorkers will have the chance to witness a little bit of Hackney art and culture first-hand when artist Anj Smith’s work goes on display tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Hauser & Wirth Gallery. The upcoming show, The Flowering of Phantoms, will be Smith’s third solo exhibition in New York City,…
Celebrated street artists from around the world, including Banksy, Blek Le Rat and ROA, will be displaying their works at an exhibition in Shoreditch this Friday. The Urban Masters show at the Opera Gallery will feature creations by 33 international and local urban artists asked to devise their own tributes…
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