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Stoke Newington Literary Festival: dropping pretensions to celebrate diversity
We caught up with Liz Vater, the founder of Stoke Newington’s annual literary festival (1-3 June 2018) to hear why Stokey is the best place for...
Ümit & Son: Europe’s biggest analogue-film shop for 35 years
Ümit Mesut is the owner of celluloid film shop Ümit & Son. He has owned the shop in Clapton for over thirty...
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“Get Mary on the Green” says local professor
A unique reading of the commissioned text, Wollstonecraft Live! which depicts the shooting of a biopic of Mary Wollstonecraft’s life, with actors and an...
Christmas Independent Ceramics Market
Christmas Independent Ceramics Market takes place over four floors of Rich Mix Arts Centre, Tower Hamlets this year.
This...
MOBILE AND PHONES
The world in their hands
Stoke Newington-based studio Bellerby is one of only two handmade globe-making companies in the world. Peter Bellerby founded the company in 2008 after an...
Hallowed Ground: Abney Park Cemetery
by CARRIE O'GRADY
Newcomers and visitors to the Stoke Newington area often feel they’ve stumbled upon something special when they wander into Abney Park cemetery.
“What...
NEW YORK 2014
Arabian Nights at Hoxton Hall
This autumn, Iris Theatre will transform Hoxton Hall into a magical world where stories of Ali Baba, Ala’ad-Din and Sinbad the Sailor unfold in...
VISIONS FESTIVAL 2019
The Visions Festival is back for a seventh year in 2019, with the one-day music festival returning to Hackney.
Second Wave of artists announced:
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Frame drumming workshops
Learn and develop the art of playing drum in a fun and interesting way from Hackney-based Venezuelan drum teacher and musician Elizabeth Nott. Explore ways...