Food & Drink
Review: HERA, Greek-inspired dining at Stratford Cross
This thoroughly modern restaurant may be far from the taverna, but it’s filled with Mediterranean flavours, and much more
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Spring ’25, issue 16
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This thoroughly modern restaurant may be far from the taverna, but it’s filled with Mediterranean flavours, and much more
A digest including loads of things to do, local announcements, special offers on #WickWednesdays, gossip and other info from the neighbourhood
The Wick presents a guide to the many opportunities that now exist in East London if you’re looking for work or training in the creative sector
Among all the lofty aspirations for what should follow London 2012, nobody guessed that dance would end up one of the area’s biggest success stories
From preserving artist studios by co-founding Mother X to her work running the UK’s Bangladesh Education Trust, we meet a true local artist and activist
Alexander Whitley choreographs his work incorporating the latest digital platforms, pushing the creative needle of contemporary dance ever forwards
Greater involvement from the local community can shape future development projects and avoid the mistakes of the past
What might our informal and threatened co-living spaces reveal about how other homes and neighbourhoods could be built?
A local resident with a unique insight into an area, as Director of Architecture studio Stanton Williams
Pianist Ben Waters and his talented band play as we sink the Tingalings
For some years, scaffolding boards and other ‘waste’ materials from the Olympic Park were used for mezzanine-building, warehouse modifications and much more in Hackney Wick.
It’s said that the celebrated photographer David Bailey’s grandmother collected glasses there and was paid in gin. Certainly printers, mechanics, scrap metal merchants and more
A standing legacy is a rarity; it’s easy to talk about, but a challenge to implement. Although London is world-renowned for a myriad of things,
The once historic rowing club has sat mothballed for a decade in a standoff over redevelopment and the changing use of local waterways
At first glance it might not appear to be the greenest of places, but Hackney Wick is bursting with plant life. From the roof gardens
Creative Wick founder, William Chamberlain, on the steady growth of the Hackney Wick model of ‘inside out’ regeneration
Meet the teen entrepreneur who turned his lockdown dog-walking venture into a fully-fledged retail business
No less than six world class universities have now gravitated to establish campuses on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offering an inspiring range of courses
Meet the teen entrepreneur who turned his lockdown dog-walking venture into a fully-fledged retail business
Meet the first local to take the helm at The Wick, as he reveals his passions and hopes for the area
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