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.
The Barbican Conservatory will give away plant cuttings for the last time on 2 December before it closes for restoration, with 700 free tickets handed out by a ballot that closes on 19 November
The final Barbican Conservatory plant adoption is on Wednesday 2 December. The free ticket ballot closes on 19 November. Final openings and events run to 20 December.
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Columbia Road’s shops will stay open until 9pm on four Wednesdays before Christmas, starting on 25 November, with mulled wine and mince pies but no carol singing or road closure again this year
Columbia Road's independent shops open late, 5pm to 9pm, on Wednesday 25 November and 2, 9 and 16 December 2026. There is no road closure, carol singing or entertainment.
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.
Tattu is opening a floating Chinese restaurant at Canary Wharf on 12 November in the former Marceline site, with four rooms themed on sea dragons and a Saturday brunch from £55
Tattu's second London restaurant opens on the water at 5 Water Street, Canary Wharf, on 12 November in the old Marceline site. Brunch starts 14 November.
More than 5,000 people signed up for the second Lime bike joust in London Fields, where two knights in chainmail charged at each other on hire bikes on Halloween although Lime says its bikes are not for jousting
Jack Carden and Camtholomew the First jousted on Lime bikes in London Fields, Hackney, on 31 October. More than 5,000 RSVPed and over £1,000 was raised.
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…
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,…
Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, which started as a pop-up on Columbia Road in 2017, opens its second restaurant on Blossom Street in Shoreditch on 18 November with 71 covers and dishes only served there
Imad Alarnab opens a second Imad's Syrian Kitchen on Blossom Street, in the Norton Folgate development in Shoreditch, on Wednesday 18 November. The 71-cover restaurant will serve Kingly Court…
