Hackney Wick - East End Review

Instant happiness in Hackney Wick

Artist Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa brings Moments of Joy to Unlock

Author: Michelle Tonta

A large colourful mural adorns rectangular sides of a school building.

'I have very strong political opinions. I also like going to the pub' - rapper Pozzy on his latest EP and being 'as authentic as possible'

Pozzy might be the east London rap scene's rising star, but he doesn't let his growing fame get to his head

Author: Sam Foxell

'I have very strong political opinions. I also like going to the pub' - rapper Pozzy on his latest EP and being 'as authentic as possible'

Some like it hot! Some like it cold! The community sauna tackling London’s 'loneliness epidemic'

Saunas have never been more popular, with their purported health benefits drawing ever-growing crowds

Author: Megan Khan

Some like it hot! Some like it cold! The community sauna tackling London’s 'loneliness epidemic'

Gavin Turk gives cautious welcome to plans for dedicated ‘artist zones’

City Hall’s proposals to protect artists from developers and soaring rents could end up undermining their creativity, says artist

Author: East End Review

Gavin Turk gives cautious welcome to plans for dedicated ‘artist zones’

London’s Olympic Legacy – book review: ‘spruced up field notes’

Volume provides an insider account of how the idealistic goals that motivated the early phases of Olympic legacy planning gradually eroded

Author: East End Review

Floating Cinema comes to Hackney Wick flyover this weekend

Award-winning cinematic project to moor up underneath the A12 for ‘World Cities’ event

Author: East End Review

Floating Cinema comes to Hackney Wick flyover this weekend

Queen Elizabeth Park eateries: Breakfast Club, Mason & Company, and Randy’s Wing Bar – reviews

The Olympic legacy has seen a raft of restaurants open up around Queen Elizabeth Park across the canal, giving hungry Wickers more choice than ever

Author: East End Review

Feral – Ulli Mattsson review: ‘urging new water through old riverbeds’

Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland

Author: East End Review

Ulli Mattsson. Photograph: Adam Weymouth

Ringing the changes – London’s first all-women’s wrestling event hits Hackney Wick

Pro Wrestling EVE took over the Cre8 Lifestyle Centre in late March for an evening of barrier-breaking sports entertainment

Author: East End Review

The Pro Wrestling EVE roster. Photograph: Pro Wrestling Eve / The Ringside Perspective

New play Lines looks at how peace is ‘just a gap between wars’

Four soldiers struggle to adapt to not being at war in the latest production at the Yard Theatre

Author: East End Review

Beyond Caring – stage review: the shocking reality behind zero-hours contracts

Developed by The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, Beyond Caring, about zero-hours contract cleaners in a meat factory, has now transferred to the National

Author: East End Review

Hackney WickED art festival is cancelled

Organisers to re-think the festival due to rising costs and the changing nature of Hackney Wick

Author: East End Review