Celebrating not only its 10th year of existence but also the 200th anniversary of curry being served in the UK, 2010’s Brick Lane Curry Festival looks set to be hotter than ever. Running from today until 4th June, the festival will provide a colourful programme …
A number of apocalyptically-inspired bits of public art, in the form of miniature mushroom clouds, have sprouted up around Shoreditch and Spitalfields in recent weeks. As the pics above show, we’ve spotted them on Shoreditch High Street, at Old Street roundabout, and on Brick Lane. …
By Jon Smalldon We got the feeling you lot scorned our sidebar sponsors considering the steady trickle of complaints from those afraid to open the site lest the chest of the Oxford Shirt woman bursts through the buttons or the camel toe of the full …
A short notice on Tower Hamlets council’s website reveals that, “due to the large amount of public interest”, the planning application for the Islamic-flavoured arches at either end of Brick Lane has been temporarily withdrawn. The council, which was recently the subject of a Dispatches …
The “hijab gates” planned for the north and south end of Brick Lane have attracted 158 letters of complaint from local residents, and not a single missive of support, according to a report by Tower Hamlets council. Blithely ignoring these sentiments, TH are pressing ahead …
At a loose end this evening? Well prepare to have your senses dazzled by an array of visual delights and musical treats, social commentary and political comedy over the three floors of The Brickhouse on Brick Lane. For a mere £35 they’ll serve you a …
Torrential rain, freezing temperatures, wind and even thunder didn’t stop this intrepid lot of flippers and tossers racing up and down Dray Walk, Brick Lane, yesterday for the annual London Air Ambulance Great Spitalfields Pancake Race .An enthusiastic crowd came out to support the runners, …
Photo / Tanya N A plan to build a hijab-inspired gateway at the entrance to Brick Lane has upset local residents and the Spitalfields Trust. Tower Hamlets council is eager to increase the number of tourists (for which, read: richer folk) who pass through the …
The sculpture design competition for Bishop’s Square in Spitalfields has been won by Kenny Hunter’s I Goat. Hunter’s sculpture depicts the eponymous chirpy cheeky capra standing proudly atop a pile of packing crates, which symbolise the waves of immigration that have settled on the Spital …
Photo by Red Label via the Londonist Flickr Pool. If you’ve a hankering for some retro arcade action, you might want to pop along to Brick Lane between 4pm and 10pm today, where an Italian car manufacturer is plugging one of their new models with …
Tatty Devine. You can buy our Christmas presents here if you like Londonist’s favourite home-grown jewellery designer (OK, Anna Lou’s pretty cool, but does she have a piece in the Museum of London? No.) has got a new home. And in a fantastic fashionista style, …
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