Category Archives: Stoke Newington

Tin-Tone’s Magical Guitars

All photos by Ben Hopper (http://THEREALBenHopper.com) I’ve always loved guitars. Even though I can’t play to save my life I just can’t help but stop in front of music shops or any other collection of those beautiful shiny instruments. Imagine my surprise then to find a collection of the strangest and prettiest little guitars I have [...]
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See it roar: New beginnings at The Lion

You might have noticed the light. Over the last couple of days Church Street has been lit up like a Christmas tree… The Lion is back! Well, almost. After well over six months of refurbishment, severe water damage that completely destroyed the new hardwood floors, and more refurbishment, The Lion is re-opening on Saturday, 12 June, in [...]
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The Hackney Gentlemen’s Racing Club – From Church Street to Mongolia

Whatever plans you have for summer, chances are they won’t be quite as wacky as those of the Hackney Gentlemen’s Racing Club, a group of local residents who are competing in this year’s Mongol Rally, an automotive endurance race to Mongolia. In July, the four friends from Stoke Newington who make up the team will attempt [...]
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Calling all artists…

Basket House Village Universe, the newly established gallery in Leswin Place, have just announced their new summer show Open ‘10, an extravaganza of art for everyone, and they are giving all you artists out there a chance to be part of it. Whether you work in painting, printing, photography or sculpture, this is your opportunity to have [...]
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What do you love most about Stoke Newington?

Stokey means a lot of things to a lot of different people. Which areas, things, places or characters do you love about living here in Stoke Newington, and what do you dislike, hate, avoid or feel is ruining it? Becky Ford, a local resident and freelance graphic designer, is working on a project to create an [...]
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The Drop Opening Night

Phew… so only a couple weeks after the Butchers closed its doors to be turned into yet another gastro pub we now have a new late night venue in Stoke Newington. And, fear not, my gentle friends, I’m glad to be able to tell you that it is nothing at all like that fiendish place [...]
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Datte Foco – Pizza with a Twist

Yesterday I finally sampled the pizza at the latest addition to Stoke Newington Church Street’s Italian Connection, Datte Foco. As someone else has said before me, Datte Foco, which calls itself a “pizza and love joint”, is not like other pizza restaurants out there, and this might be the reason it took me so long [...]
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Reel Rebels Radio

Long time friends and sometimes collaborators Charlotte Delaney and Alicia Graham are at it again, this time they are busy setting up a brand new community radio station in Stokey. Based in the new Politi Arts studio, Reelrebelsradio.com will offer a unique mix of music, talk, documentaries and radio plays – sort of a like a [...]
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Green Sundays (again)

Shake off the winter blues this weekend at Arcola’s Green Sundays. This month’s event focuses on ‘Well Being, Health & Happiness’. Discover what it would be like if the government pursued happiness as a national agenda, have a free massage, take part in fun and games or make your own facial products using ingredients from [...]
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Photocopied Glory: New Art Gallery in Kynaston Road

A taste of lavish Romanian opulence has come to Stoke Newington. Or at least a photocopy of it has. Peles Empire, recent winners of the 2009 Deutsche Bank Award, are currently slapping up the wallpaper on Stoke Newington’s newest and most velvety gallery space at 55 Kynaston Road, N16. “We like when there is an interaction [...]
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