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🎪 The circus is actually coming to town...

And we've got tickets (including popcorn & drinks!) up for grabs + loads more ideas for you to go out and do locally

Tom Kihl

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Mar 18, 2026

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Clyde Best's story celebrated in a new film + masses to do in the next 7 days and beyond

Tom Kihl

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Mar 11, 2026

Mankind & myths meet the AI machine

New local dance show explores the opportunities and dangers of modern technology, plus masses more to go out and see/do this week

Tom Kihl

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Mar 4, 2026

Which of these new local landmarks do you rate the prettiest?

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park's impressive 3 nominations in the RIBA London 2026 prize shortlist + more to go marvel at this week

Tom Kihl

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Feb 25, 2026

Shiny new things for you to enjoy

Continuing the ongoing reinvention of The Wick's digital, physical and social direction, plus all the usual tips for a great cultural week ahead

Tom Kihl

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Feb 18, 2026

Come join our meeting + a killer soundsystem is reborn

Get out there and get social at a huge range of local events, from networking to nightclubbing, it's all in this week's newsletter

Tom Kihl

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Feb 11, 2026

Your chance to get involved

Calling out to creatives and businesses for collaboration, plus the usual rundown of where to go and what to do this week

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Feb 4, 2026

Winter 25/26 print edition
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The Wick publishes a free, quarterly print newspaper, available at 200+ locations in East London.

Alongside this website, it’s your local collaborative media platform, using quality storytelling to unite the creative, business and residential communities in Hackney Wick & Fish Island, and the neighbourhoods in and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

LATEST REVIEW

Reviews

Review: Age Is A Feeling, Soho Theatre Walthamstow

Haley McGee's one-woman show astounds

Samuel Charlton

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Mar 7, 2026

COMMUNITY PROFILES

Feb 11, 2026

Profile: Social Yoga, Fish Island

Brian James has opened a new kind of fitness studio, where genuine community engagement is helping more people discover the benefits of getting on the mat