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.
Wingerz Wingz, the Tottenham chicken wing brand behind apple crumble wings, opens at Boxpark Shoreditch on Friday 6 November with free wings for the first 20 people and £1.50 wings on launch day
Wingerz Wingz opens at Boxpark Shoreditch on Friday 6 November. The first 20 people get free wings, and wings are £1.50 on launch day. All the chicken is halal.
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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…
Voodoo Ray’s, the Dalston pizza restaurant known for 22-inch slices, will stay open under a long-serving member of staff after the company behind it went into liquidation, and Doña is running weekend nights in its basement
Voodoo Ray's on Kingsland High Street in Dalston has a new owner, Rebecca Lines, after its operating company entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on 15 October. Doña now runs weekend…
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…
Ceilidh, a new musical in which the audience gets up and dances, has opened at Shoreditch Town Hall for a run until 13 November, with tickets from £25 and a Tony-winning director
Ceilidh, Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie's dance-along musical directed by Sam Pinkleton, plays Shoreditch Town Hall until Friday 13 November. Main-floor audiences can join the dances.
Moth Club in Hackney says it is out of danger after the council refused a second plan for flats next to the venue, which had warned that complaints from new neighbours could force it to close
Hackney Council has refused a plan for seven flats at 6 Morning Lane, backing onto Moth Club. The venue says it is no longer under threat and is planning a party.
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…
