1235 Donuts: French-style donuts via the American south sold on the streets of East London

1235 Donuts


by Adam Coghlan There’s a new donut-slinging duo in London. Brad and Molly McDonald have given the already hip and quaint tourist destination, East London’s Columbia Road, a new edible attraction. On Sunday mornings, from their…

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BL-NK Hackney: An ephemeral open venue in the heart of London’s creative and tech community

BL-NK Hackney


Uses for community spaces are continually changing, along with the people and industries that inhabit them. As once quiet peripheral urban areas become revived and rapidly developed, certain opportunities arise for innovative use of space. One such area is the east London Borough…

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Moko Sellars : Kicky bone china diamond rings handmade in East London

Moko Sellars

Just a few miles from where Thomas Frye first developed the composition for bone china in 1748, a modern tribute to the porcelain material is on view at Hackney’s Wilton Way Cafe. The East London coffee shop and community gallery is currently showing a collection of bone china “diamond”…

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J. Glinert

Designer Tom Budding puts a creative spin on an essential Hackney shop

J. Glinert

When you ask East Londoner Tom Budding to tell you about the selection of items in his newly opened shop, his face lights up. Stocked with a handsome assortment of practical goods sure to delight any discerning adult, J. Glinert is Budding’s professional take on a store that entertained…

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