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Guest Editor: Kwame Safo, The British Council
Taking things global from East London roots – my story
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Spring ’25, issue 16
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Taking things global from East London roots – my story
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
Nightlife tends to eat itself, uplifting crumbling areas before getting ousted as the neighbourhood becomes desireable. Can the Wick be different?
In recent times it’s been easy to imagine the end of the world, but it’s remained almost impossible to imagine the end of music. And
I have a few tattoos. They were scrawled onto me in different parts of the world, usually while drunk and without much emotional meaning –
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
Even five years ago, opening a Sainsbury’s on Wallis Road would have been, at best, a poor business idea. Like many things in Hackney Wick,
Plenty of Hackney Wick’s existing food and drink venues were already famous for their outdoor seating areas: Queens Yard being first port of call for
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
The shock of Covid spurred some truly brilliant new collaborations in Hackney Wick, with an impact reaching far beyond, too
In this year of massive coronavirus upheaval, many voices – from the Prime Minister to homelessness charities – have been calling for how we must
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