History
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
Read More‘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
Read MoreHackney 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
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 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 MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘We need a curriculum that recognises British history has not just been produced on this island’
The local writer speaks to the team behind the new African Studies Centre, which hopes to train teachers and students in Africa’s history, free of the prism of European colonialism
Read MoreAll the fun of the furlough
Our resident food historian takes us through the intrepid legionary’s enforced break, during which he keeps himself busy with sidelines in saffron and fish sauce
Read MoreSusanna’s Manners
Our resident food historian on 17th-century childcare, from high chairs ‘built like battleships’ to ‘fearsome’ baby walkers
Read MoreEast End Canal Tales, Carolyn Clark, book review: ‘Rare glimpse of a bygone world’
Dozens of photos and snippets from horse-drivers, lock keepers and others feature in this social history of East London’s major waterways
Read MoreMaking Her Mark: new exhibition shows that women’s activism in Hackney didn’t end after 1918
The stories of Hackney’s female activists over the past century are being celebrated at Hackney Museum – plus, a chance to nominate your own inspirational local women
Read MoreMostly 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’…
Read More“We’ll be unemployed”: meet the locals caught up in Hackney Wick’s ‘Industrial Devolution’
Non-profit LandSky & The Yard theatre partner up for new interview project aiming to bring voices of the Wick to life
Read MoreNew phone app to gift locals a “poetic satnav” of Hackney and its history
a hackney autobiography, created by social enterprise On The Record, uses the oral history, music and GPS technology to create spellbinding ‘audio tours’
Read MoreThey shall not pass! Commemorating the Battle of Cable Street
This month a series of events marks 80 years since this defining episode in East London’s history
Read MoreStop the Blocks: an East London guided tour with a difference
Community campaign group aims to highlight the “devastating effects” overdevelopment is having on East End residents
Read MoreOpening of 'misleading' Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs
Read MoreWhat is the future for Harringay's warehouse district?
Warehouse district faces challenge of devising a blueprint that can defend artistic ecosystem against wide-scale regeneration
Read MoreWhy heritage activism is something worth developing
Taking an active interest in the built environment shows good citizenship according to heritage chief and pasta sauce pioneer Loyd Grossman
Read MoreFinding Bedlam: A skeleton's eye view of the Crossrail Project
Crossrail’s chief archaeologist talks about the ‘Bedlam’ excavations, finding 17th-century human remains and feeling connected to the past
Read MoreHistorian looks into the 'tamed wildness' of Victoria Park
Travis Elborough is exploring Victoria Park’s links with sport, colonialism and protest as research for a book on the history of public parks
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