Posts Tagged ‘hackney wick’
Leader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?
As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles
Read MoreResidents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park
Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”
Read MoreVittoria Wharf demolition: Olympic legacy developers have ‘no grasp’ of community, say campaigners
Locals are launching a campaign to save the site with three-day Wickstock festival
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth Park eateries: Breakfast Club, Mason & Company, and Randy’s Wing Bar – reviews
The Olympic legacy has seen a raft of restaurants open up around Queen Elizabeth Park across the canal, giving hungry Wickers more choice than ever
Read MoreQueen’s Yard set for partial demolition
‘We don’t want no yuppie flats, we’re happy with our rats’
Read MoreFeral – Ulli Mattsson review: 'urging new water through old riverbeds'
Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland
Read MoreRinging the changes – London’s first all-women’s wrestling event hits Hackney Wick
Pro Wrestling EVE took over the Cre8 Lifestyle Centre in late March for an evening of barrier-breaking sports entertainment
Read MoreVictory for campaigners in ‘turnaround’ over Hackney Wick regeneration
But scheme offers ‘little provision for families’, some residents say
Read MoreHackney’s ‘contagious energy’ on display in Stephen Gill exhibition
Photography inspired by borough and its residents
Read MoreCampaigners fight to save historic Swan Wharf stable block
‘Emblematic’ building should be retained, says heritage group
Read MoreNew play Lines looks at how peace is 'just a gap between wars'
Four soldiers struggle to adapt to not being at war in the latest production at the Yard Theatre
Read MoreArtists’ studios to be demolished as Hackney Wick development gets go-ahead
LLDC planning committee decides that the net harm to the conservation area is ‘acceptable’ and approves building of 120 homes
Read MoreBeyond Caring – stage review: the shocking reality behind zero-hours contracts
Developed by The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, Beyond Caring, about zero-hours contract cleaners in a meat factory, has now transferred to the National
Read MoreHackney WickED art festival is cancelled
Organisers to re-think the festival due to rising costs and the changing nature of Hackney Wick
Read MoreArtists accuse cider giant of ‘pirating the spirit’ of Hackney Wick
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg wants to hold the Urban Forest Festival over six weeks this Summer
Read MoreGhosting by Jonathan Kemp: book review
Stoke Newington-based author’s gripping new novel Ghosting is the story of a grieving woman’s struggle for self-worth and meaning in life
Read MoreHackney Wick businesses under threat ‘should alert London Mayor’
Mayor of London Boris Johnson says he is ‘not aware’ of any businesses under threat in Hackney Wick and Fish lsland
Read MoreThe Mikvah Project – stage review: 'dissecting stereotypes and clichés'
Erotically-charged new play The Mikvah Project at The Yard Theatre explores Jewish faith and the boundaries of love
Read MoreNo moor room: canal boat families fight for their own stretch of water on River Lea
Hackney Boating Families seek to create ‘community moorings’ in Lower Clapton
Read MoreThe Morning Star: black, white and red all over
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
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