What’s for Lunch? Pacific Social Club, Lower Clapton
Offering one of the best lunches we’ve reviewed for some time, Pacific Social Club is sweet little place on a rough little road in Lower Clapton.
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What’s for Lunch? Dunya, Clapton Pond
£1.50 for a filling and fairly healthy lunch? It’s a reality at Dunya near Clapton Pond.
Weekend Round-Up
Weekend news, if we can drag you away from the fireside for a moment.
Londonist Out Loud: Knitting Maven Gosia Dzik-Holden
This audio has expired. For episode pictures and other Londonist Out Loud material please see here. While the cold weather makes us dig out our woollies, N Quentin Woolf talks to Hackney knitwear designer, maker and tutor Gosia Dzik-Holden, unravelling the tradition of knitting, analysing …
Extra, Extra
Fatal shooting in Clapton. These people count the Queen as their landlady. They’re not happy she might be selling on. Brent Council crack down on paan spitting, with perhaps the weakest slogan of all time: “Don’t spit paan…it’s nasty man!”. Boris: “I’ll double the number …
Tram Depot Threatened, Fights Back
Local residents and users of the Tram Depot in Clapton are fighting back against redevelopment plans that threaten to demolish the mix of small businesses and art galleries currently occupying the old tramshed originally used for horse-drawn trams. Furniture makers, fabric designers, a foam factory, …
No More Bendy Buses On Number 38 From Saturday
Image of a maligned bendy by steve_w from the Londonist Flickr pool The un-bendification of London’s buses will face its biggest hurdle next week, as the 38 bus reverts to double-decker vehicles, barely four years after first going bendy. The switchover will happen this Saturday, …
World’s Oldest Man To Get Hackney Street Named After Him
Henry Allingham, who died in July, is to be immortalised on the streets of Hackney. The war veteran briefly became the world’s oldest man in June this year, reaching the annuated milestone of 113. Hackney Council have approved a motion by Cllr Michael Desmond to …
