While the grassroots scene is now vulnerable, Sofar Sounds concept of live music celebrates 15 years of activity. The format taking place in other people’s gardens and revealing the headline a few hours before the show is still running strong.
How the Claystation has become Hackney’s hottest place to pick up a new hobby.
Paddle power to the people
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Padlocked to Hackney Wick’s canal is the Community Canoe – a communal vessel that is bringing Londoners closer together.
Hackney during the 70s
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Discover the Central London’s stunning borough in times of poverty, industrial collapse and housing crisis.
Dreaming of a Green Christmas
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Artefact meets one jewellery designer who is practicing what she preaches in creating a sustainable business.
Welcome to the Walthamstow Wetlands
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It is not just some random, undesirable, tedious corner of rural London, but a former no-go area for the lack of ability presiding over us.
Halfway to Heaven
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What does Edmund Clark’s photography exhibition about Afghanistan tell us about the country’s rich history?
Twenty £20 Gigs | January
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A carefully curated pick of the best cheap-ish gigs to see in London this January
With a new landlord in charge, there are fears that the New Era Estate will see rents rise, and poorer residents forced out.