Posts Tagged ‘History’
Women’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?
Read MoreBeanz meanz…
In search of a suitable lockdown subject, our resident food historian hits upon a humble tin of black-eyed beans in her kitchen cupboard
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 MoreLocal archivists digitise centuries of Hackney history for online map
Friends of Hackney Archives readies more than 300 historical records for the University of London’s interactive website
Read MoreCouncillors powerless to question demolition of Haggerston’s Acorn pub
Planning Inspector dismisses ‘significance’ of Victorian corner pub
Read More‘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
Read More30-Second London – book review: ‘a quick reminder of our capital’s allure’
30-Second London is a swift and simple guide to the capital, filled with fascinating bites of architectural knowledge
Read MoreClean eating? Hackney? More like mucky eating
As debate on the potential harm caused by the ‘Clean Eating’ movement rages on, our resident food historian explains why it may not be so new to the borough after all
Read MoreThe Barbican: who lives on an estate like this?
Photographer gives a rare insight into what it is like to live on the iconic estate
Read MoreAbney Unearthed project to produce digital version of Stoke Newington cemetery
Council announces scheme fuelled by Heritage Lottery Fund cash to shed new light on mysteries in burial ground, parts of which are in disrepair
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