Open-water swimming is a) great and b) increasingly popular these days. And yet London is still a bit crap when it comes to splashing around under wide-open skies. Sure, there are a few decent outdoor swimming... Read more »
Published: 5:53 PM July 11, 2022 A fixture of the alternative music calendar returns this month with a day of gigs across Hackney. Visions Festival is on Saturday, July 23 with a line-up... Read more »
Published: 10:27 AM July 11, 2022 A month of parties are lined up this September to help a Hackney venue celebrate 15 years of independence. Village Underground will host live music and... Read more »
Three arrests have been made in connection to several sexual assaults in the Hackney Marshes area, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Detectives released a computer-generated image last week of a suspect in... Read more »
For the past decade Hackney in east London has been a byword for hipsterism and gentrification. Its street cred was boosted exponentially by an influx of creatives who moved there after the... Read more »
I moved to Hackney Wick with my husband, who is also an architect, a year ago. I’d been in west London and was reluctant to move anywhere else but Hackney Wick has... Read more »
Yeah, yeah, yeah ‘Top Boy’ is great and all that. The show looms large on the London TV landscape. Now, it’s doing classic east London move – diversifying into clobber. ’Top Boy’s’ off-screen relationship... Read more »
East London community football club Hackney Wick FC have just dropped their kits for the 2022/23 season, with Netflix show Top Boy becoming the club’s new sponsor, with LABRUM’s Foday Dumbuya in charge of designing both home and away... Read more »
Published: 4:22 PM April 10, 2022 Portlandia and Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen will be performing in Hackney for one night only this month. The comedian and actor is bringing his latest... Read more »
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after police and ambulance crew found him at Hackney’s Cranston Estate, suffering from a head wound. A crime scene is in place on... Read more »
