Creativity
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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.
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…
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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…
Hoxton House, the private asylum on Hoxton Street where Charles Lamb spent six weeks, held 484 people in 1815, among them 152 officers and men of the Royal Navy
Hoxton House on Hoxton Street was a private asylum from 1695 to 1902. In 1815 it held 484 people, 152 of them Navy officers and seamen, and Charles Lamb spent six weeks in a Hoxton madhouse in…
Phoebe Bridgers will headline All Points East in Victoria Park on Friday 27 August 2027, with an all-female support bill and presale tickets from 10am on Wednesday 28 October
Phoebe Bridgers headlines All Points East in Victoria Park on Friday 27 August 2027 with Caroline Polachek, Kelsey Lu, Danielle Ponder and jasmine.4.t. Presale 10am Wed 28 Oct, general sale…
Alfred Hitchcock learned to make films in a converted railway power station on Poole Street in Hoxton, and The Lady Vanishes was shot there in 1938
Hitchcock's career began in 1919 at Islington Studios, a former railway power station on Poole Street, Hoxton. The Lodger and The Lady Vanishes were made there. A giant Hitchcock head now…
A plaque to Newton Dunbar and the Four Aces, the Dalston club where Desmond Dekker and Jimmy Cliff played, is due to go up on Collins Tower, facing the site of the club that was knocked down in 2007
Hackney Council and Hackney Archives are honouring Newton Dunbar, who opened the Four Aces Club at 12 Dalston Lane in 1967, with a plaque to be fixed to Collins Tower facing the old site.
18th Floor, a rooftop restaurant and bar on top of The Gantry hotel in Stratford, opens for dinner on Thursday 29 October, with steaks for sharing, Scottish lobster and DJs at weekends
18th Floor, the rooftop restaurant and bar at The Gantry hotel in Stratford, opens officially on Thursday 29 October 2026 after a soft launch. Opening hours, menu, prices of the big steaks and…
Barbs, the Bajan restaurant at the Queen of Hoxton, has started a Friday night fish fry on Curtain Road modelled on Oistins in Barbados, with 90 minutes of bottomless rum punch for £20 with a main
Barbs has launched Rum Stop Fry-Day at the Queen of Hoxton, 1 Curtain Road: Bajan fish and seafood every Friday from 5pm, 90 minutes of bottomless rum punch for £20 with a main, and DJs.
