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 Panto premieres its 2019 show ‘Super Souls’ and is coming to Hackney on 4th December. The pantomime is created from inception to delivery by the Once Upon a Family theatre production company, a Muslim...
Sam Roberts is documenting London’s fading history
Ghost signs tell a story of London’s economic, social and political history. Sam Roberts began documenting ghost signs in 2006 after the first ghost sign he spotted in Stoke Newington. Interview: Yasemin Bakan What are ghost signs? For me, they are ‘fading painted signs’. Other de nitions exist, many of which include a much broader range of what I would describe as...
Gladstone’s Library: Sleep with books
By Yasemin Cusack After a four-hour long car trip, I ended up in a lovely village called Hawarden in Flintshire, located on the North Wales border. For a Londoner, the idea of having the bliss and silence of countryside alongside sleeping with books is just intriguing. A Grade-I listed reddish, church-like, sandstone, Victorian Gothic exterior design is the sort of building...
GROOVE ONTO THE MOON
Family favourite Groove Baby returns to the EFG London Jazz Festival with another entertaining, jazz and funk fuelled show especially for 3 - 7s and their grown-ups! Groove Onto the Moon follows three friends on a magical adventure to find that very first footprint created 50 years ago. Celebrate one of the most incredible achievements...
Hackney Council backs rent control calls
Calls for controls on rent levels by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have been backed by Hackney Council after new figures revealed private renters in the borough are paying £6,000 a year more than they did in 2012. The average private rent for the borough has increased from £1,213 per month in 2012 to £1,712 per...
Hackney Council announces details of its new energy company
Hackney Council has announced details of its new publicly-owned energy services company, set to help transform the local energy system by generating clean energy, eliminating land transport emissions, drastically reducing the Council’s own carbon emissions, and supporting residents and businesses to do the same. Called Hackney Light and Power, the new company - owned,...
The rise of sustainable fashion in Hackney
The fashion search engine, Lyst, has reported that searches for ‘sustainable fashion’ increased by 66 per cent in 2018. Consumers who careful about what they purchase are looking for labels that are do good for people and the planet.The Hackney-based companies we have talked to below are some of our favourite ethical alternatives to fast fashion companies.
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 unsatisfying search for a globe for his father’s 80th birthday. By Yasemin Cusack If I had set out to make a business of globe-making from day one it would have most likely never happened. If I had...
Where To Watch The 2019 Rugby World Cup In Hackney
You can watch the rugby live on screen at these Hackney pubs from Japan where 19 teams from across the world will battle it out to take the World Championship crown away from holders New Zealand. Kenton Pubwww.kentonpub.co.uk, 38 Kenton Road, E9 7AB Star by...
Table Talk an evening for womxn in Hackney
You are invited to a dinner for womxn living and / or working in the local area. Table Talk is the brainchild of a few local women who thought it would be fun to get a diverse mix of people together to share their experiences, connections and ideas. The founders behind...
