Photo / charliedotgilbert A scrub of land alongside the Regent’s Canal in Dalston is the unlikely location for a food festival this weekend. The Towpath Festival is centred, appropriately enough, around the Towpath Cafe, a relatively new venue that has stacked up acres of positive …
As the wave of gentrification breaks across Dalston, it washes away what made the place interesting enough for the moneyed classes in the first place. The Arcola Theatre is a prime example. The warehouse that the Arcola currently calls home is due to be converted …
David Watson At 17, David Watson’s play Just A Bloke was produced at the Royal Court Theatre. In the following eight years, he has represented the Royal Court in Athens and seen his work produced in (amongst others) the Birmingham Rep, Old Vic and Bush …
Every now and then, London theatre throws up something very different. Part art installation, part theatrical experiment, David Watson’s Pieces Of Vincent is receiving its world premiere at the Arcola Theatre. It uses a mixture of film, music and live acting to tell the story …
When Londonist passes away, our deathbed wish will surely be for a group of bloggers and DJs to celebrate our passing in a scruffy Dalston boozer 33 years thence. Lucky Elvis Presley beats us to this dream on 16 August, when The Haggerston pub puts …
On the same empty site where they built last year’s Dalston Mill, architectural practice EXZYT have created the Eastern Curve Garden. Named for the superannuated piece of railway track that once connected services out of Broad Street to the North London line, the garden is …
Ridley Road shopowner Hamid; photo by Nick Aldridge Set in a little-known WW2 air raid shelter just off Kingsland Road, the Dalston Project is an atmospheric photography exhibition that aims to tease out the true stories of everyday life that permeate one of London’s fastest-changing …
Dalston, that hub of architectural whimsy (remember last year’s Mill?), has a new spot where the incoming art school dropouts can chill: a roof garden on the top of the Print House building, just off Dalston Lane. Created by Bootstrap, a local training and enterprise …
Photo / Pit Van Meeffe The woman who stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms has appeared in court Man behind fake vodka distillery in Dalston jailed for 12 years London firefighters “threatened with the sack” by commissioner, according to the Fire Brigade Union Jon Gaunt, the …
After a reasonably successful testing period on weekdays, the East London line will open on Saturdays and Sundays from this weekend (May 15th) onwards, according to in-station advertisements. The line will keep similar opening times, from 7am to 8pm on Saturday, and 8am to 8pm …
The dominion of Dalston came alive on Friday evening. For one night only, thirteen venues and over fifty artists joined forces to transform Kingsland High Street into a right royal party. It’s almost impossible to enjoy a music festival without the delightfully persistent feeling of …
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