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The Future is Afloat
With London's house prices and rents constantly on the rise, many more people are looking for alternative ways to live in the capital. Mersa...
Will Young: Finding Your Voice
Will Young today is known as a British musical icon; in the past two decades he has won Pop Idol, released over four albums,...
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1930s Stoke Newington by the local shopkeeper
Stoke Newington’s changing streetscape in the 1930s captured by the local shopkeeper Alexander Guttridge.
By Amir Dotan
Alexander Guttridge (1877-1977) was born on Barn Street in...
Hackney’s best pub beer gardens: where to drink outside this summer
By Mersa Auda
For many Londoners, sunny days are synonymous with beer gardens. So, here’s a selection of great spots to enjoy a chilled drink and...
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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...
How to tell if your property is Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian
By Daisy Mason
Like most British cities, London has a mixture of architectural styles, from the elegant stucco-fronted Georgian...
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Smash hit Muslim pantomime is coming to Hackney this December
This festive season, humanitarian charity Penny Appeal is presenting a world first – a Super Hero pantomime by Muslims. The Great Muslim...
The home of outdoor water sports: Stoke Newington
Hackney isn’t the first place that comes to mind you think about outdoor water sports. But just behind the Castle on Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, is a place that offers precisely that.
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Tim Watson has been running Church Street Bookshop for 40 years
I have sold second-hand books in three different shops on Stoke Newington Church Street since 1980. In the 1970s, my wife and I worked...