Creativity
Meet the artists, makers, and thinkers from around the world who bring London’s creative culture to life.
Rivington Grill closed in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. Simon Wadham and Andrew Parkinson cooked there
The Rivington Grill shut in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. What their chefs, and Merchants Tavern's Neil Borthwick, told Made in Shoreditch in the archive.
Innovation
Discover the startups, tech pioneers, and future-shaping innovations redefining London’s creative and entrepreneurial scene.
20 Years of ESHK Hair: How Fernando Lopez and Meg Liu Built a Global Salon Brand
Founded in 2005, ESHK Hair began as a bold experiment in East London’s creative heart. Co-founders Fernando Lopez and Meg Liu wanted to carve out a space that celebrated individuality,…
Shoreditch News
Explore what makes Shoreditch the creative heart of Europe — art galleries, startups, indie fashion, buzzing bars and much more.
Bottle Factory Flea, the vintage market started by the Peckham Car Boot team, brings more than 40 traders to Hackney Bridge on Sunday 8 November, with £5 early entry and £3 after midday
Bottle Factory Flea comes to Hackney Bridge, by Hackney Wick, on Sunday 8 November from 10am to 4pm, with vintage clothing, furniture and homeware from more than 40 traders. Early entry is £5,…
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Shoreditch Town Hall heard the whole inquest into Mary Jane Kelly, the last of Jack the Ripper’s five canonical victims, in a single day in November 1888, after jurors protested that she had not died in Shoreditch
On 12 November 1888 the coroner Roderick Macdonald heard 12 witnesses at Shoreditch Town Hall and closed the inquest into Mary Jane Kelly the same afternoon, after jurors objected that the…
Ben Jonson killed an actor in a duel in Hoxton Fields in 1598 with a sword he said was 10 inches shorter than his opponent’s, and escaped the gallows by reading a verse of the Bible in Latin
On 22 September 1598 the playwright Ben Jonson killed the actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel in Hoxton Fields. He pleaded benefit of clergy, was branded on the thumb and went free. Spencer is…
Acme Taco opens its second site at 40ft Brewery in Dalston on Sunday 1 November, next door to Acme Fire Cult, with free tacos for the first 50 people through the door
Andrew Clarke's Acme Taco opens at 40ft Brewery's Dalston taproom on Sunday 1 November, next to Acme Fire Cult, with tostadas, grills and sharing platters alongside the tacos.
Hoxton Hall lost its music hall licence in 1871 after police complaints, eight years after it opened on Hoxton Street, and spent the next century as a temperance mission and a Quaker institute
Hoxton Hall opened on Hoxton Street in 1863 and lost its music hall licence in 1871 after police complaints. A temperance mission and then Quakers ran it, which is why the galleried auditorium…
Pulse, a new restaurant whose menu is built around beans and pulses, is opening at 227-229 Hoxton Street with two free soft-launch dinners on 18 and 19 November
Pulse, a restaurant devoted to beans and pulses, opens at 227-229 Hoxton Street in November. Its soft launch on Wed 18 and Thu 19 November is free, with sittings at 6.30pm and 8.30pm. More…
Hackney Council has launched a night map showing toilets, drinking water, phone charging and routes home near its accredited venues, and is handing out keyrings that link to it on Rivington Street in Shoreditch on 30 and 31 October
Hackney Council's new Hackney Nights map shows toilets, free water, phone charging, wheelchair access and live bus and cycle routes near accredited venues. Keyrings with its QR code are handed…
All My Gods, the Bethnal Green dive bar known for £8 martinis from a machine, will close after a Halloween party on Saturday 31 October, and its general manager plans to reopen the site as The Third House Collective
All My Gods, the rock'n'roll dive bar at 253 Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, closes after a Halloween party on Saturday 31 October. Its general manager plans to reopen the space as The Third…
