A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’
Dorley Brown’s photographs show East London in ‘all its beauty and grime’
History
Researchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington
A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place
‘Hazy renderings of a restrained gastronomy’
Pierre Bonnard’s paintings of simple domesticity belie his diligent and complex method
World’s only Victorian steam ship returns home to River Lea
‘New future’ in store for SS Robin as part of open air museum
‘La vie! La vie!’
Our resident food historian paints a portrait of an artist synonymous with bohemian 19th-century Paris
we are a group of people composed of who we are, Peer Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Sure to capture the imagination’
This new show in Hoxton explores the grassroots culture of collective work in Hackney in the 70s and 80s
‘Such determination’: Hackney Museum display tells story of community’s fight to save St Leonard’s Hospital in 1980s
One man’s collection of photographs and memorabilia shines light on major local campaign
Cream of the crop
Our resident food historian explores our favourite icy treat, and the chefs and writers for whom it is an obsession
Get a glimpse of what the borough was like 300,000 years ago in ‘fascinating’ new exhibition at Hackney Museum
‘Hackney is one of the richest sites for finding objects from that time period,’ says Town Hall culture boss
‘How to bring to life a totally unknown cook?’
Our resident food historian dips into author Vicky Hayward’s ‘brilliant’ revival of an 18th-century friar and his recipes
‘Best form of transport’: New walking map of Hackney Central celebrates borough’s ‘fascinating and diverse’ history
Hackney Central Footways, available online and in print for free, is designed to encourage people to explore on foot
The Pies Have It
Our resident food historian on a British staple and its place in Victorian Christmas feasts
‘Unique experience’: V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever
The museum is working in the community ahead of the opening of its new site in 2024
Chapter of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir, Alexander Baron, book review: ‘Portrait of a man keen to be accepted but feeling himself apart’
Launched at Hackney Archives last month, these memoirs were said by the late novelist to ‘hold the key to his writing’
A Child of the East End, Jean Fullerton, book review: ‘Highly entertaining tale of growing up in Stepney’
Fullerton’s memoir will ‘resonate with many’ who lived through the social change of the late 20th-century
Hackney Museum to explore local history of Chinese and Indian nannies
Exhibition featuring stories of ayahs and amahs who looked after British children during colonial times opens today