Creativity
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Rivington Grill closed in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. Simon Wadham and Andrew Parkinson cooked there
The Rivington Grill shut in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. What their chefs, and Merchants Tavern's Neil Borthwick, told Made in Shoreditch in the archive.
Innovation
Discover the startups, tech pioneers, and future-shaping innovations redefining London’s creative and entrepreneurial scene.
20 Years of ESHK Hair: How Fernando Lopez and Meg Liu Built a Global Salon Brand
Founded in 2005, ESHK Hair began as a bold experiment in East London’s creative heart. Co-founders Fernando Lopez and Meg Liu wanted to carve out a space that celebrated individuality,…
Shoreditch News
Explore what makes Shoreditch the creative heart of Europe — art galleries, startups, indie fashion, buzzing bars and much more.
Whitechapel Gallery will fill the building with Through Holes in the Clouds, a six-month show on empire and its afterlives, from 17 March to 5 September 2027
Whitechapel Gallery's Through Holes in the Clouds runs 17 March to 5 September 2027. Galleries 1 to 3 are ticketed; Galleries 4, 5 and the Assembly Room are free.
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The Salvation Army bought the Eagle, the City Road pub in Pop Goes the Weasel, in 1882 to stop people drinking there, then found its lease made it keep a licence to sell beer
The Eagle on Shepherdess Walk is the pub in Pop Goes the Weasel. In 1882 the Salvation Army bought its lease to end the drinking, and ended up licensed to sell beer.
James Parkinson, the Hoxton Square surgeon who first described Parkinson’s disease, was questioned by the Privy Council in 1794 over a supposed plot to kill George III with a poisoned dart fired from a pop-gun
James Parkinson described the shaking palsy in 1817 from his surgery at 1 Hoxton Square. Twenty-three years earlier he was questioned over a plot to kill the king with a poisoned dart.
Sleepwalk Immersive, the company behind the sell-out Bacchanalia, is taking over all four floors of Hoxton Hall from 23 February with CAESAR, a version of Julius Caesar set in the criminal underworld of 1940s Chinatown
Sleepwalk Immersive's CAESAR runs at Hoxton Hall from 23 February to 21 March 2027 across four floors, with Julius Caesar moved to 1940s Chinatown. Tickets went on sale on 2 November.
Malam Gardens in Poplar, the last street in east London still lit by gas, could lose its lamps after residents asked Tower Hamlets Council for permission to replace them with LED lights
Residents of Malam Gardens, Poplar, built in the 1930s as a gas-only estate, have applied to replace its five gas street lamps with seven LED lights. Tower Hamlets is due to decide by 23 November.
Tameka Empson and Paterson Joseph will star in Noises Off at Theatre Royal Stratford East from 5 February, opening a 2027 season that also brings back Winsome Pinnock’s Talking in Tongues for the first time since 1991
Theatre Royal Stratford East's 2027 season: Noises Off with Tameka Empson and Paterson Joseph from 5 February, Talking in Tongues from 1 April, Uncle Vanya and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Zaha Hadid’s former studio on Bowling Green Lane in Clerkenwell has opened to the public as the Zaha Hadid Foundation, with a free show of her stage sets for the Pet Shop Boys
The Zaha Hadid Foundation opened its Clerkenwell building at 10 Bowling Green Lane on 3 November. Entry is free, Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm, with a show of her stage designs.
Swiss Butter, the Beirut steakhouse known for the queues outside its Holborn restaurant, is opening on Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, after a South Kensington site that takes its first diners on 7 November
Swiss Butter, the walk-in steakhouse with one dish and a secret butter sauce, is fitting out 36 Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch. The opening date has not been set.
