Posts Tagged ‘St John at Hackney’
Hackney mortuary that played a part in Operation Mincemeat set for capacity boost
Town Hall likely to sign off £800k investment in venue at heart of notorious wartime deception
Read MoreImpassioned debate as council approves gating off St-John-at-Hackney churchyard at dusk
Developer says it has ‘listened’ to residents’ concerns as Hackney Central councillor slams plans as ‘not in the spirit of the borough’
Read MoreCouncil forces developers to open up St-John-at-Hackney churchyard walkway
Councillors call on Thornsett to honour agreement to open up space for public use
Read MoreVisions Festival / Institute of Light / Billy Smokes review: out here in the Fields
Find out why last weekend’s music festival was “irritating but frequently brilliant – much like London Fields itself”…
Read MoreSwift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?
Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece
Read MoreHackney Summer Fete returns to St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens on 8 July
Final call for stallholders of all kinds – organisers are specifically interested in food, vintage and flowers
Read More‘Let me entertain you (in Hackney)’ – Robbie Williams to perform one-off gig in borough
Former member of Take That will be the latest high profile artist to play at St John at Hackney church
Read MoreConcert pitch – November gig guide for Hackney
Some of the best new live acts are set to grace the borough this month
Read MoreConcert pitch – October gig guide for East London
Autumn starts here with an all conquering selection of live music acts
Read MoreConcert pitch: September gig guide for East London
From Thurston Moore to opera cabaret, we highlight the best live music in East London this month
Read MoreSt Augustine’s Tower: ‘it was Buckingham Palace for pigeons’
St Augustine’s Tower is Hackney’s oldest building and a symbol of the borough. But for years the building lay redundant with its doors locked
Read MoreFlorence and the Machine live review – 'exuberance and theatricality'
Florence and the Machine played an acoustic set at St John at Hackney Church last month in aid of War Child
Read MoreBeirut – gig review: 'meeting up with an old friend'
A trip to St John at Hackney to see the Balkan folk maestros stirs old passions
Read MoreScott Walker + Sunn O))): Soused at St John at Hackney – 'ridiculously sublime, sublimely ridiculous'
Fans of Scott Walker gathered last month at St John at Hackney church to hear the artist’s latest album, a collaboration with Sunn O)))
Read More‘Someone knows who killed my son’: mother’s plea at vigil for Joseph Burke-Monerville
Linda Burke-Monerville tells audience at packed St John at Hackney Church: ‘Don’t keep silent if you know who murdered Joseph’
Read MoreClapton festival to get underway at St John at Hackney Church
Bands and food the order of the day at this year’s festival
Read MoreChurch hosts Hackney Children’s Theatre double bill
Acrobatic mime duo Circle of Two perform Who’s in for Tea? and Bambolina and Dodo on Saturday 16 June
Read MoreHackney Homemade Market is a hit with foodies
Weekly event offers delicious ready-to-eat food and stalls selling fruit and veg, meat, bread and cakes
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