Daniel Baird
Strange brew: Urban Sessions bring their inventive beers to Hackney Wick
Brewing master classes also on offer at Cre8
Café cultured – literary project eyes Haggerston railway arches
A literary café partially owned by its customers would put intellectual rigour back into coffee drinking
Shakespeare’s Hackney roots unearthed
Two excavated theatres in Shoreditch were probably where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Henry V were first performed
Keeping it surreal – The Bride and the Bachelors at the Barbican
The Barbican’s Dancing Around Duchamp season features a major exhibition of work by the French iconoclast and related artists
Tatty Devine – the crown jewellers of Hackney
Tatty Devine is gaining national and international recognition for its innovative jewellery designs
Making to measure – London Cloth and Gresham Blake join forces
‘Micro cloth mill’ and renowned tailor get together to launch locally-sourced bespoke garment service
Sweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Catering to Hackney’s ‘mansome’ men
Looking and feeling good is as important for Hackney men as it is for the borough’s women
Bespoken for – tailoring to suit
Hackney tailors and costumiers are differentiating and offering a personal service
Hackney chefs launch Dalston Cola
Steve Wilson and Duncan O’Brien use fresh natural ingredients in their locally-made beverage which is proving a hit with those in the know
Hackney fashion: a rude re-awakening
A project by students at the London College of Fashion in Mare Street offers a fresh look at the Jamaican ‘rude boy’ suit
How To Re-Establish a Vodka Empire
A chance find in a Ukrainian attic set filmmaker Dan Edelstyn on an extraordinary journey which was to change his life and provide inspiration for his latest movie
The Russet is apple of Amhurst eye
A new cafe and creative venue inspired by the Tree Musketeers has sprung up near Hackney Downs
Turning over a new loaf at e5 Bakehouse
The Citizen visits e5 Bakehouse to find freshly baked bread in London Fields