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.
Alex Proud is opening Maison Cabaret, a dinner, burlesque and dancing night in the railway arches at 83 Rivington Street in Shoreditch, from 20 November
Maison Cabaret, a dinner and cabaret night from Alex Proud, opens at 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, in November 2026. Dinner, burlesque, circus and live vocals, then dancing to midnight, from £59.
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The Mind the Gap voice at Embankment tube station belongs to an actor who died in 2007, and TfL brought it back in 2013 because his widow asked
On the Northern line at Embankment, Mind the Gap is still said by the actor Oswald Laurence. When the recording was dropped in 2012, his widow asked TfL to bring it back, and it did.
A London bus jumped the gap when Tower Bridge began to open under it on 30 December 1952, and the driver was given £10 and a day off
On 30 December 1952 Albert Gunter was driving a No. 78 bus over Tower Bridge when the road began to rise. He accelerated and jumped the gap. His reward was £10 and a day off.
Shops near Old Street station: where to buy clothes, records and bikes on foot from the junction, and which shops have moved away
Shops within walking distance of Old Street station, checked October 2026: Carhartt WIP, shop.allenreji, tokyobike and Love Vinyl, plus Goodhood, SCP and Artwords, which have moved.
Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada in 1962 by a Greek immigrant, who named it after the brand on the tin of pineapple he used
Hawaiian pizza was first made in 1962 by Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant, at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario. He named it after the tinned pineapple and never patented it.
The Mona Lisa only became the world’s most famous painting after a former Louvre worker walked out with it on a Monday in August 1911, when the museum was closed
On Monday 21 August 1911 Vincenzo Peruggia took the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. It was missing for 28 months, and the theft is what turned it into the most famous painting in the world.
Cocktail bars in Shoreditch and Hoxton: where to drink, what a cocktail costs and when to book
The best cocktail bars in Shoreditch and Hoxton, with what a cocktail costs at each, opening hours and booking rules: Nightjar, Callooh Callay, Happiness Forgets, Seed Library, Swift and…
Old Spitalfields Market: opening times, food stalls and what is on each day of the week
Old Spitalfields Market is open every day. Opening times, the Thursday antiques market, the vinyl market, Urban Makers dates and the food traders in The Kitchens, checked October 2026.
