The Everyday Creative: Sharla Donovan of Sharlala Jewellry
We as humans often opt for a life that feels safe but perhaps mundane. We work jobs we dont love for a sense of stability while usually pining for a…
Let the battle begin: Who will win the ultimate space race challenge?
The 21st century space race doesn’t pit country against country, instead, it is a battle of the billionaires with the likes of Elon Musk – CEO of Tesla Motors, Jeff…
Shakespeare did Shoreditch: Meet the architects
Principal of firm Pringle Brandon Drew Perkins+Will, John Drew, and architect, Therese Bak, are the calm, composed and cool figures behind the project that the East End arts and culture…
An alternative guide to half term
For many East London parents, the quest of filling up half term with excitement for your little sleep thieves is frankly quite exhausting. We find ourselves trekking across London, only…
Picfair: A new standard for images
Photography as we know it has been around since the late 1830s and over the years it has continued to adapt and evolve with the rapidly changing world. From the…
Container21: Virtual Realities
Having spent their boyhoods running riot in rural Italy as well as in the imaginary dominions of video games, it’s no surprise that Emanuele Paris and Patrick Tomasini have come…
Ghost signs: Sam Roberts opens the gateway into our commercial past
Walls are full of hand painted portals into the past – slogans and branding promoting vintage businesses gone bust or still booming, in the personal typographic styles of craftsmen lost. In…
East London Body Snatchers (London Burkers)
Meandering along the cobblestones of Hackney’s quaint Columbia Road, it’s hard to imagine that two hundred years ago this romantic ramble was instead decrepit with poverty. Squalid slums rose up…
Donna Fugassa: The Italian duo bringing Focaccia to Dalston
“My mum was crying!’ recounted Maia. “My mum was crying and saying, ‘after all these years, after all you have studied, you’re going to open a BAKING CAFE? Are you crazy?!’ ”…
Columbia Road Flower Market: A feast for the senses
Every Sunday, on a cobblestone lane tucked away on Hackney Road opposite the ever-empty wholesale shops that sell tacky shoes and bags, a floral scent wafts into the area’s usual aromatic…