Feast for the eyes
Our resident food historian on Tudor banquets, Mantel, and the two Thomases
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‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House
Cherelle Sappleton’s exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough’s past
Campaigners calling for more places for child refugees to host free evening of films
Safe Passage UK will ask the council to welcome more child refugees and push the government to do the same
‘Quiet integrity’: folk icon Shirley Collins to break silence and discuss new memoir for Pages of Hackney
Sussex singer – who lost her voice for decades – will spend an evening at Homerton’s Sutton House reading extracts from All in the Downs and chatting about her experiences of a folk revival career spanning over 60 years
Turn up for the books: we look forward to an eventful October for Hackney’s independent bookshops
The borough’s bookshops are increasingly staging events to get readers off Amazon, out of their houses and through their doors. We preview a few such bashes in this look at the lay of the literary land
Mostly ghostly: a whistlestop tour of Hackney’s spirit world
With Halloween haunting the horizon, we bring you ghost stories! Read about the supernatural tenants of one of Hackney’s oldest buildings Sutton House, and learn Dalston’s history of occult investigations – featuring a ‘scandal that shook Victorian spiritualism to the core’…
East End exhibitions – five of the best for August
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features sci-fi, Italian family dynamics and “all manner of erotic mania”…
Pages of Hackney lines up Charles Saumarez Smith and talks on climate change and Brexit in July events programme
The cultural historian and museum director pitches up at the Lower Clapton Road bookshop on 17 July, following talks earlier in the month featuring Client Earth and political journalist Ian Dunt
Oh come all ye faithful – to Hackney’s festive markets
This month there are Christmas markets galore in Hackney, with everything from a Vegan market to more traditional affairs
Quince essentials: the local story of an exotic fruit
From Ancient Greece to the present day, quince is the versatile staple of many a kitchen
Hot child, summer in the city: Free August events for kids in Hackney
From Sutton House to summer camp, Hackney has a plethora of cheap and low-cost activities for kids this summer
Less schmaltz, more syphilis: how Valentine’s Day is upping the anti
The annual love fest isn’t all about saccharine covered roses and teddy bears this year
Wintergarden at Sutton House – review
Colourful exhibition that looks back to 19th century fashion for glass houses filled with exotic plants is the perfect antidote for the winter blues
Edible furniture to celebrate reopening of Sutton House cafe
Contest win is a piece of cake for Willa
The Merry Bobbins – crafty duo keep bygone skills alive
Workshops from The Merry Bobbins aim to bring age-old crafts to a new generation of ‘make-do and menders’