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Winter 2024, issue 12

AVAILABLE FREE LOCALLY NOW 

The Wick is your local collaborative media platform.

We use print and digital storytelling to unite the creative, business and residential communities in Hackney Wick & Fish Island plus the other neighbourhoods in and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 

Want to get involved? Drop us a line at info@thisisthewick.com

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Creative Careers & Student Special Series

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

Arts & Culture

A Moment in Time

In the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, University of East London’s Tracie Trimmer helped engage younger locals by asking their hopes for the future. Here she reconnects with them, a decade later, to see how they are getting on

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Runt of the Litter

As a reaction to the depressing cultural landscape of the lockdowns, an exciting performance art event has risen, all from a warehouse home

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Sketch and the City

Local artist and educator, Jeanette Barnes, discusses her ongoing fascination with urban landscapes, her work with long-time partner Paul Brandford, and drawing her neighbourhood as it constantly changes

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Environment

Upcycle, recycle, full circle

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.

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Fit out to public house

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

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Events, Food & Drink

Wellbeing & Sports

Wellbeing in the Wick

Kevin Hempsted is a born and bred Eastender, and runs White Post Lane therapy and counselling centre A Balanced Life. He talks about how the pandemic has impacted

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Life Goals: Bobby Kasanga

In his early years, Bobby Kasanga was a talented footballer who had represented his county and played at a high level of the semi-professional game.

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Education & Innovation

Education

Your Big Break in the Time of COVID

We’re living through the economic shock of our lifetimes, but East London is a good place to be if you’re in need of inspirational training opportunities and financial support

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Innovation

The Story of ScrubHub

The shock of Covid spurred some truly brilliant new collaborations in Hackney Wick, with an impact reaching far beyond, too

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