Category: Harper-Thames Blog

18
Jun
2026

The Smoking Area Is The Real Social Centre Of The Shoreditch Venue

Where the actual conversations happen, away from the music and the crowd Reporting brought to you by…

18
Jun
2026

Every Shoreditch Venue Is Three Months From Being The Old Place Now

The brutal speed at which the new spot becomes the place everyone used to go Reporting brought…

18
Jun
2026

The Queue Outside The Club Is A Performance Everyone Agrees To Watch

On the strange theatre of waiting to get into a Shoreditch venue Reporting brought to you by…

17
Jun
2026

Shoreditch at 7:45am: The Version Nobody Photographs

Harper-Thames documents the E1 that exists before the destination starts up Reporting from Bohiney Magazine and The…

17
Jun
2026

The Columbia Road Flower Market Is Still the Best Thing Shoreditch Does

Harper-Thames defends the Sunday ritual from everything that is trying to manage it Reporting from Bohiney Magazine…

17
Jun
2026

Hoxton Square at the Intersection of Memory and Present Tense

Harper-Thames returns to the square that made her who she is and finds it changed and unchanged…

17
Jun
2026

The Great Eastern Street Corridor in 2026: Luxury Hotel, Startup Office, Community Space, Repeat

Walking the road that connects Old Street to Shoreditch High Street documents a postcode in its current…

16
Jun
2026

The Shoreditch Fitness Economy and the Body as a Class Signifier in 2026

Harper-Thames follows the money from the running club to the recovery studio to the cold plunge Reporting…

16
Jun
2026

I Went to a Warehouse Party in Shoreditch and It Was a Purpose-Built Warehouse

Harper-Thames examines the night economy from inside the party that evokes the party it replaced Reporting from…

16
Jun
2026

Shoreditch in June: A Street-Level Report From the Neighbourhood in Continuous Motion

Harper-Thames walks the postcode and documents what June 2026 looks like from the pavement Satire from Bohiney…