The new millionaire’s rows in Hackney

By Victoria Gray The number of streets where the average house price has hit £1 million has surged in Hackney in the past five years. Hackney’s value is on the up and up. New research by Rightmove reports that there has been a 900% increase in streets where the houses have...

Monica Lucia Madas | Singer & puppeteer

Hackney Magazine records the stories of strangers across Hackney. Here is the latest story from Humans of Hackney. I was born in Romania in the beautiful land of Transylvania. I studied puppeteering and animation at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. I started to work as a puppeteer before I graduated university...

London Korean Film Festival will screen Joon-Ho short films

The global spotlight is now on Korean cinema like never before thanks to Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. Set to run from 29 October to 12 November, the 15th London Korean Film Festival will offer both physical cinema and online screenings this year, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Opening with the European premiere of comedy-drama Pawn by Kang Dae-kyu, the festival...

Carrie O’Grady|Literary Consultant & Fiction Editor

Hackney Magazine records the stories of strangers across Hackney. Here is the latest story from Humans of Hackney. "In 2010 I hitched my baby buggy to the wagon train and followed the trail of new parents up to Stoke Newington. It was a good move, because there can't be another neighbourhood in London so...

Exhibition: It still smells of nothing | Cathrin Hoffmann

PUBLIC Gallery presents It Still Smells of Nothing, the debut solo exhibition of German artist Cathrin Hoffmann. The exhibition features installation and sculpture by Hoffmann for the first time, alongside some of the artist’s largest and most ambitious paintings to date. In her work, Hoffmann reimagines the body to explore and question what it...

The best movies to see in November

The best and most unmissable movies coming to Hackney's independent screen The Castle Cinema in November. Kajillionaire From acclaimed writer/director Miranda July comes a profoundly moving and wildly original comedy. Con-artists Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel...

New sustainable shopping hub in Hackney: the White Building Market

CRATE Brewery partnered with Hackney-based zero waste restaurant Silo London to create the White Building Market, which focuses on sustainability driven produce and retail. It will showcase products from freshly milled flour for sourdough making to natural wines and refillable washing up liquids. The new market will be in the...

10 Miles Club: Ingredients from Hackney

Three-courses of hearty winter menu at 10 Miles Club will be made with seasonal ingredients collected within ten miles of Stoke Newington, Hackney. The supper club's aim is to create delicious food with full traceability and a low carbon footprint. They are now bringing their supper club to your dining table, with dine-at-home kits...

Christmas Independent Ceramics Market

Christmas Independent Ceramics Market takes place over four floors of Rich Mix Arts Centre, Tower Hamlets this year. This event brings together a community of over 100 ceramic artists, that include current students, up-and-coming graduates, as well as established ceramicists from various ceramic studio's, making it the ideal location for discovering a new clay...

Top London stargazing hotspot: Hackney Marshes

Zipcar UK partners with leading UK astronomer to reveal London's best ‘car-gazing’ spots and sights this autumn Following months of restrictions, Londoners have been able to enjoy stargazing properly for the first time in years due to the reduction of air pollution and vehicle traffic. Zipcar UK data suggests that Londoners are keen to...