Posts Tagged ‘History’
Oldhill School celebrates its new name and logo with kite-flying day – as another local link to slavery is excised
The school was formerly know as Tyssen after a 17th-century slave owner who bought up land in Hackney
Read MorePawtraiture
Our resident food historian Gillian Riley on Manet, Monet and mousers
Read MorePuppy-dog explosion and vanishing kittens
Our resident food historian touches on a culinary taboo as she ponders the proliferation of dog-walkers during the pandemic
Read MoreWhat did you eat during Covid, Daddy?
Our resident food historian returns to explore child hunger and ask what we can learn from scenes painted by artists of the past
Read MoreLondon’s water
Our resident food historian on how the capital went from epidemics caused by faulty sewage to enjoying one of the safest tipples around
Read MoreFrom reservoirs left to nature to ghost platforms – take a walk through East London’s industrial past
April is a perfect time to seek out the rich history of the Lea Valley and its surrounds
Read MoreLemongrass
A Dutch master leads our resident food historian deeper into the world of citrus
Read MoreWomen from Hackney’s History, Hackney Society, book review: ‘Testimony to how high women can rise’
This celebration for the upcoming Women’s History Month delves into the achievements of 113 women with connections to the borough
Read MoreThat’s amaro
Our resident food historian on how, with a bit of love and care, you can lift up the throwaways of citrus fruit – pips, pith, peel and all – to their fresh and bitter best
Read MoreWomen’s museum launches £20k appeal to help it gather more stories from across East London
East End Women’s Museum calls for support as it prepares to open a permanent home in Barking next year
Read MoreSecond Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture unveiled in Newington Green
Bust of ‘mother of feminism’ goes on display inside the historic Meeting House she once frequented
Read MoreLocal photographer Alan Denney to chart the history of the A10 road in virtual event hosted by the Hackney Society
Denney dips into his formidable archive tomorrow to map the changes in the borough over the past 40 years, and will later take part in a live Q&A
Read MoreFull of beans
Our resident food historian on all manner of beans, from ‘glorious mush’ to a variety for the dead, and a very talented woman who painted them
Read MoreThe Joys of Sludge
Our resident food historian on beauty in beige, and why ordinary folks in the Middle Ages had it right with their ‘dreary but delicious’ diet
Read MoreAlice in Hackneyland goes west
The Wick-based art collective takes its signature flair to Twickenham for a major six-month exhibition celebrating the 300-year history of Orleans House Gallery’s lavish Octagon Room
Read MoreCarry on up the Cupola
Our resident food historian explores the compelling history of a special Tuscan stew, and dispels a fanciful myth about its origins
Read MoreSome like it hot
Our resident food historian on chillies, and why it’s the flavour, not the heat, that is important
Read MoreExploding grannies and sleepy pears
Our resident food historian on Italian legends and the joys of pears with cheese
Read MoreSusanna’s Manners
Our resident food historian on 17th-century childcare, from high chairs ‘built like battleships’ to ‘fearsome’ baby walkers
Read MoreOne Saturday in 82 on Broadway Market, Stuart Goodman, book review: ‘Every photo is worth a second look – and then a third’
The street has made headlines for the wrong reasons during lockdown, so what better time to remember its history through this ‘charming’ snapshot?
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