Month: April 2026

27
Apr
2026

On the Rich Mix Annual Programme Announcement and What It Tells You About Shoreditch in 2026

The Rich Mix Confirmed Its 2026 to 2027 Programme Last Tuesday, the Programme Tells You How a…

27
Apr
2026

Why the Hoxton Square Bench I Sit On Has a Different Set of Faces Every Six Months

I Have Been Sitting on the Same Hoxton Square Bench on Sunday Afternoons Since 2022, the Faces…

27
Apr
2026

On the Sunday Upmarket at Old Truman Brewery Becoming Substantively Different in 2026

I Have Been a Regular at the Sunday Upmarket Since 2017, the Vendors I Used to Buy…

27
Apr
2026

On the Hoxton Hall Pantomime That Almost Did Not Happen This Year

Hoxton Hall Confirmed Its Annual Pantomime Last December at Approximately Half the Previous Run, the Reasons Are…

27
Apr
2026

Why the Shoreditch Local Newspapers Are Quietly Folding and What That Means for the Neighbourhood

Three Independent Shoreditch Hyperlocal Publications Closed This Year, the Local-Knowledge Loss Is Substantive Reading: Bohiney | The…

25
Apr
2026

Brick Lane’s Sunday Market Has Added A New Section And The New Section Has Added A New Price Point

The Evolution Of The Market That Has Been Evolving For 350 Years Continues; The New Artisan Gin…

25
Apr
2026

The Hackney Wick Arts Community Is Doing What Shoreditch Artists Were Doing Twenty Years Ago And The Clock Is Running

East London’s Creative Migration Continues: When Shoreditch Became Expensive, Artists Moved To Hackney Wick; Hackney Wick Is…

25
Apr
2026

The Shoreditch High Street Overground Station Has Got A New Exit And It Is Much Better

The Second Exit To Shoreditch High Street Station Has Finally Opened After Several Years Of Construction; The…

25
Apr
2026

The Shoreditch Development’s Construction Has Started And The Noise Is Part Of The Story

The First Sites Approved Under Previous Hackney Planning Applications Are Now Under Construction; The Neighbourhood Has Its…

24
Apr
2026

What The Pitchforks And Processors Story Reveals About Old Street’s Current Workforce And Its Ambivalent Relationship With The Machines

Harper-Thames On How The Week’s Most-Discussed AI Story Landed In The Neighbourhood That Makes The Products The…