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What’s On Your local guide to music, theatre, exhibition, festival, shows
HUMANS OF HACKNEY
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16 Street food delights From Yorkshire burritos to Taiwanese steamed buns, our favourite street food delights 22 Viva Tapas Review 23 Summer Cocktails & Wines
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25 Nutritional therapist Joslin Morrison: Summer Foods With Health Benefits
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29 A Hackney Wedding: Gemma & Mark’s story Discover the real life wedding experience of Hackney couple, through their wedding story
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FEATURE 18 The best outdoor summer activities in Hackney Try out a new outdoor activity, then chill out at some of Hackney’s best al fresco eating and drinking spots 20 A Weekend Walk: The East Side We have mapped out a route that takes you through tranquil paths and selected a few stops for refreshment EDUCATION 24 National basketball achievement for Clapton Girls Academy
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NEWS AND VIEWS By Edward Rowe
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Affordable acupuncture in Hackney
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ower Clapton Road’s Pages of Hackney was voted London’s Independent Bookshop of the Year at the British Book Awards. Winning was “an incredible honour” senior bookseller Ollie Simpson told Hackney Magazine, “We were really touched to read some of
the comments sent by our customers”. Voters often praised the shop for the selection of books on sale and for its quality recommendations. The store, now in its tenth year of trading sets itself apart from larger shops by holding a selective stock and keeping a focus on offering personal recommendations to their diverse range of customers. The shop organised various events throughout year to reach out to diverse groups within the Hackney community. pagesofhackney.co.uk
Therapy at -160C
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Japanese therapy technique that exposes a subject’s body to extreme cold temperatures is now on offer in Hackney. Popular among professional sports stars and celebrities, cryotherapy was developed in the 1970s and is used to treat inflammation and anxiety and to flush out toxins and fats. Stoke Newington based SaiSei Cryo comes with a “cryosauna” where subjects can stand in a round open-topped cabin for a full body treatment using a freezing nitrogen vapour that can be made as cold as -160C. The cold causes the body to direct blood to the vital organs. Once the treatment is finished, the blood vessels dilate, becoming four times wider and returning blood to the outermost parts of the body, releasing anti-inflammatory proteins and endorphins for a feel good. SaiSei offers three-minute full body cryotherapy or ten minute localised 6 HACKNEY MAGAZINE
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sessions for specific problem areas. They also offer popular cryofacials, these reduce wrinkles by detoxifying and nourishing the skin and boosting collagen production. saiseicryo.co.uk
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ffordable acupuncture is available in Stoke Newington. Bright Room Community Acupuncture runs a clinic at the Old Fire Station, offering treatments for various conditions at low rates. Accessibility is at the heart of Bright Room’s service, and their sliding scale prices a session between £20-£40, clients can pay any amount between these two. The clinic also offers affordable classes in Qi Gong, an East Asian breathing exercise for increasing oxygen intake, strengthening internal organs and improving blood circulation efficiency. brightroomcommunityacupuncture. co.uk
News & Views
Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn cut ribbon at brasserie opening
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ackney MP Diane Abbott, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his wife cut the ribbon at the opening of Acoustic Brasserie’s second branch on Stoke Newington Church Street. Corbyn and his wife Laura are regular customers at Acoustic’s original Newington Green location which has been open for 8 years. “We can’t start a Labour Party canvassing session in Mildmay without going to Acoustic first. Sometimes ... we stay in Acoustic!” said Corbyn at the opening. The couple even enjoyed a meal there on the night of the last general election. The Mediterranean joint’s owners Sefika Erdal
Sefika Erdal, Diane Abbott, Adil Kolcak (Left to right) and Adil Kolcak who describe their menu as “hearty and healthy” decided to open another branch on Church Street because
of the many customers coming to their Newington Green branch from Stoke Newington.
Council calls antique traders to market
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fter opening last year, Victoria Park Market has set up a sister branch in Stoke Newington. Church Street Market runs every Sunday at William Patten School on Church Street from 10:30-3PM. The new food market boasts a variety of stalls offering different foods, drinks and more. Visitors can find a variety of cheese, baked goods,
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cakes, bread, wine, vegan food and organic vegetables including tomatoes from the Isle of Wight and multi-coloured Kentish carrots. The market includes a social enterprise aspect with stalls such as Second Shot Coffee who teach homeless people to work as baristas. churchstreetmarket.co.uk
ackney Council is calling on second hand and antique traders to take part in the July relaunch of Kingsland Market with a retro or vintage theme. “People have sold second hand goods at Kingsland Waste for 200 years. We're launching a new Kingsland Market in July & need traders offering a range of goods from antiques to second hand bargains. Get in touch with our markets team to find out more” the council tweeted. Interested traders should submit a completed application form to Kingsland. market@hackney.gov.uk and call 020 8356 8288 or visit hackney.gov.uk/kingslandmarket for more information.
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LCAF is the East London Comics & Arts Festival, London’s biggest annual festival dedicated to showcasing the best in comics, illustration, sequential art, and storytelling. The Festival will feature over 100 exhibitors plus a programme of talks, screenings and workshops led by different artists from across the UK and beyond, including: Charlotte Dumortier, Patrick Kyle, Nina Cosco, Conor Stechschulte, Tor Brandt, Sammy Stein, Aisha
Franz, Akvile Magicdust, Dawid Ryski and many, more. ELCAF tickets are structured into two tiers. The first is a day pass which allows you access to the exhibitors hall and all workshops. The second is the ‘All Access’ which gives you access to all talks as well as the exhibitors hall and workshops. Under 16’s get in free. Venue: Round Chapel, D Glenarm Road, London , E5 0LY Price from £10. For tickets visit elcaf.co.uk
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WHAT’S ON JUNE – JULY – AUGUST
Legendary New York performance artist & singer Taylor Mac reframes the social history of America through songs
Exhibition / Talks FUTURE HOXTON 28 JUNE 2018 - 14 JULY 2018, FREE
For three-weeks, Peer will host Future Hoxton and Urban Harvest, a two-part presentation focusing on the urban environment of Hoxton and celebrating how local communities can inform the development of their neighbourhood. Will Hodgson and Jan Kattein will build a large-scale model of the Hoxton area as part of an interactive community consultation project. Alongside this, internationally acclaimed and locally based artist Rut Blees Luxemburg will present new works from her urban harvest series. peeruk.org FEMINIST BOOK FORTNIGHT 26 JUNE 2018
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Lost Libraries of The Silk Road by Abigail Reynolds
of women in the UK getting the vote, a group of radical and independent bookshops is launching Feminist Book Fortnight, a celebration of feminist books. As part of Feminist Book Fortnight, Pages of Hackney welcomes a British playwright, novelist and poet Deborah Levy to Sutton House. Levy will be reading from her new memoir, The Cost of Living, and chatting with Hannah Dawson. Venue: Sutton House, 2-4 Homerton High Street, Hackney, E9 6JQ 7:00 PM - 9:00PM Price: £5 For tickets visit pagesofhackney.co.uk LOST LIBRARIES OF THE SILK ROAD UNTIL 23 JUNE 2018
The Universal Now and further episodes is a midcareer survey of work by Abigail Reynolds at Peer, Shoreditch Library and Bookartbookshop. The threeway exhibition features a new
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A new version of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wizard Of Oz at Abney Park
film installation drawing on the artist’s recent journey in search of the lost libraries of the Silk Road, a new large- scale sculptural commission for Peer plus collage, sculpture and print works made over the past decade. At Shoreditch Library, Reynolds is showing a new twoscreen film installation, Lost Libraries (2018) that draws on her extraordinary five-month journey undertaken as the recipient of BMW’s Art Journey Prize between 2016 and 2017. She travelled from China through Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkey, Italy and Egypt to visit the sites of libraries lost over the past two thousand years to political conflicts, natural catastrophes, revolution and wars. peeruk.org NEW YORK CITY PARTY CULTURE UNTIL 14 JUNE 2018
“Creativity, Collectivity, Convergence! New York City Party Culture, 1970-83” bring
together artwork from Tim Lawrence’s unofficial trilogy. The opening will feature a panel discussion of the preneoliberal conditions that enabled New York’s creative community to flourish. NYC artist Martin Beck’s 13-hour film Last Night, which features the records selected at the penultimate party of David Mancuso’s Prince Street Loft, will be screened 9-10 June (take your cushion, even a balloon). Beck and Lawrence will discuss Last Night and the wider downtown party scene on 11 June. redgalleryldn.com TRANSCRIPT UNTIL 23 JUNE 2018
‘Transcript’, a group exhibition curated by gallery director Zavier Ellis and artist Hugh Mendes. This exhibition will explore the use of text in contemporary art that has been transcribed from every day or alternative sources. ‘Transcript’ will include painting, work on
paper, video, installation, sculpture, performance and assemblage derived from film, signage, posters, advertising, newspapers, notebooks, diaries, clichés, graffiti, tattoo and schizophrenic acoustic hallucinations. charliesmithlondon.com READING WITH A SINGLE HAND UNTIL 22 JULY 2018
For their solo exhibition at Cell Project Space, Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė present the fifth iteration of the performance YGRG 14X: reading with a single hand along with a new video installation under the same title. cellprojects.org FRANKENSTEIN
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Frankenstein at the Espacio Gallery celebrates the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. There are eleven artists featured in the show. A range of media, including painting, printmaking, interactive digital and 3D, are used to explore both the historical aspects of the book and its author, and also the contemporary relevance of the travails of Frankenstein’s creature. espaciogallery.com OUT OF THE ORDINARY 15 - 20 JUNE 2018
An exhibition of expressionist paintings and street photography. Justine Roland-Cal brings to the audience a refreshing rawness of free expression and moving black and white photography that captures the core of the individual's beauty and vulnerability. From the humorous to the political, this exhibition will disturb amuse and touch its audience. Stoke Newington Library Gallery, 184 Stoke Newington Church Street N16 0JS TEXTILE INSPIRED ART UNTIL 10 JUNE 2018
The international exhibiting group Prism brings together a range of quality textile practices with a fine art approach. The exhibition offers a different perspective on the medium of fabric, thread
and mixed media, whilst demonstrating the vitality of contemporary stitched textiles. hoxtonarches.com
Plays / Shows THE WIZARD OF OZ 11 - 29 JULY 2018
After the huge success of last year's Grimm's Fairy Tales, Pandemonium Performance return to Abney Park with a new version of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wizard Of Oz. The production will bring all the intrigue and fun of Baum's novel and promises to be an unmissable opportunity to see this beloved classic in a beautiful location. Abney Park, Stoke Newington Price: £15-£13 For tickets visit designmynight.com A SHOW ABOUT TEENAGE LOVE 31 JULY - 2 AUGUST 2018
The award-winning Company Three’s The Act returns to the Yard Theatre. Exploring first experiences of teenage sex and love, The Act received overwhelmingly positive audience and critical response. As part of this run, Company Three will curate and host a sleepover for other young people to take place within the theatre. The participants will stay overnight, participating in a series of activities designed to
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provoke them artistically and challenge their practice. Tickets from £12. Full details of the sleepover and how to purchase tickets visit theyardtheatre.co.uk
a quest to chronicle how communities grow stronger as they are being torn apart. Price £16.60 For tickets visit barbican.org.uk
Music & Festival
A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC 28 - 30 JUNE 2018
Legendary New York performance artist and singer Taylor Mac reframes the social history of America through three decades of song in this no-holds-barred extravaganza of music, art, activism and hugely entertaining mass ritual. Joined onstage by a 22-piece orchestra and host of local special guests, New York’s Mac has created a Pulitzer Prizenominated, once-in-a-lifetime, immersive performance in HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
SUMMER OF LOVE DISCO FESTIVAL SATURDAY 16TH JUNE 2018, 16:00 - 06:00
Feel Good Vibes, Summer Lovin' and Fever Funkin' Oval Space’ Summer of Love Disco Party is back and this time it's going to be even bigger and better with Boston's almighty Soul Clap headlining and music spanning Soul, Boogie, Funk, Rare Groove, Disco, Nu-Disco, Electro, House, Edits & more! Day + night ticket £25 ovalspace.co.uk
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TAL NATIONAL 26 JULY 2018, 7.30PM
By the time Tal National reached international acclaim with 2013's 'Kaani', the band's first release outside of Niger, they had spent more than a decade crisscrossing their native country, usually on dirt pathways through the Sahara, playing epic five-hour sets, seven days a week, selling their CDs on street corners and roundabouts. Tickets £12 Advance cafeoto.co.uk GIRLS NAMES AT MOTH CLUB 19 JUNE 2018
The four-piece from Belfast performs post-punk. Tickets £11 Advance mothclub.co.uk
Film ROOFTOP FILM CLUB: QUEEN OF HOXTON UNTIL 8 SEPTEMBER 2018
This famous Shoreditch pub is full of surprises. This year they are going for a spectacular Lost Vegas theme.
The Queen of Hoxton Box Office is situated in the Little Vegas Wedding Chapel on the roof. The Box Office opens from 8.45pm. Ticktets from £15.95 rooftopfilmclub.com/london
Kids DANCE FOR 2 - 4 YEARS FRIDAYS BETWEEN 10.00 - 10.45 UNTIL 10 AUGUST 2018
A fun dance session for young children and their carers providing a playful opportunity for adults and children to be together. The session follows a soft learning approach to dance, initiating the learning of rhythm, coordination and listening Everybody takes their socks off and joins in. Be prepared to roll on the floor, be a mouse and roar like a lion. Venue: Round Chapel Old School Rooms Powerscroft Road London E5 0PU hackneychildrenstheatre. org/joinus/rompandroll
Summer Craft Playcsheme SUMMER CRAFT PLAYSCHEME MON, 23 JULY 2018, 10:30 FRI, 27 JULY 2018, 15:30
Over the course of the week young people learn new skills in traditional crafts within professional artist’s studios in East London. Together they will explore the values of their environment, using letterpress printmaking, ceramics and
Century of the Child
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8 JUNE – 26 AUGUST 2018 GALLERIES 1, 8 & 9 FREE ENTRY
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painting at Standpoint Studios and it's local great outdoors. Participants (aged 8 – 14 years) will engage with the process of making by experimenting with the nature of the material to develop new skills within a professional environment. Price £40-100 standpointlondon.co.uk/ events
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The London Open 2018 brings together the most dynamic and critical contemporary art being made in the capital today. The latest edition of this triennial summer exhibition offers a free, lively space to discover new work and reflect on a time of significant change in this global city. The exhibition features a diverse selection of 22 artists working in London and engaging with topical concerns; from the rapidly changing urban context, the environment, technology, gender and race to queer representation, human relations, activism and post-colonial histories. Many artists work in unprecedented ways and across different artistic forms, ranging from
painting, video and sound to installation, sculpture, performance and work online. whitechapelgallery.org
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ANDREW ALMOND Founder of Bolt
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'm London born but spent my youth up in Yorkshire before returning to Hackney where my mother grew up. I've been around Hackney for almost twenty years and couldn't imagine living anywhere else in the UK, I love the creativity and acceptance that thrives in the area. I wanted to create a motorcycle store that championed the counter cultures around motorcycles as well as the machines themselves. I've always loved good design, style and workmanship and I wanted to curate a space that brought together the best independent brands from across the globe. We do a wide range of things, like building custom motorcycles and running a garage specialising in classic and custom motorcycles, we make our own leather jackets and apparel, run a series
Bolt is a social space that progresses the motorcycle scene in all its forms of mechanics courses and events from parties to ride outs. It’s important that Bolt is a social space that progresses the motorcycle scene in all its forms. We also
ELKA DE WIT Founder of 34.4? skincare
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was born in Liberia, grew up in West and East Africa and Hong Kong and have also lived in Sicily and Germany. I’ve enjoyed living and working in Stoke Newington since 1991 and am thrilled that a local artist lets me use the front part of her space at Cobbled Yard as the N16 showcase for the unique 34.4? collection. From corporate education to wellbeing management, I have developed an eye for business, together with a passion about leading a sustainable, healthy life and having a positive impact on the community. My aim is to transform 34.4? into a
Every single sale goes to the Natural Beekeeping Trust leading organisation riding the wave of conscious consumerism. In founding the company as a C.I.C. (Community Interest Company), I effectively became a
do things off site and are curating an area and stage at a music festival this summer. Really, I see Bolt as a creative agency, we can put our minds and hands towards anything. We were originally in London Fields, but the opportunity rose to take on a great space, a Victorian stables in Stoke Newington which allowed us to expand beyond the store and coffee shop to open our own garage. The building was originally home to the Duguid brothers who built cafe racers here from the 1950s to 70s so there is a lot of heritage within the walls. Our latest custom build is a rather obscure Jawa, a much-forgotten motorcycle from the Czech Republic that we are building for the brewery Budvar. Once finished we will race the bike over the summer before riding it 1000 miles back to its motherland, which promises to be an epic adventure considering its tiny 250cc engine! boltlondon.com
volunteer at my own company and all who work with 34.4? are volunteers. A great community spirit to take this company to the next level prevails. The ultimate aim of the company is to give 60% of profits back to social causes, while from the very beginning 3.44% of every single sale goes to the Natural Beekeeping Trust, who put bees first rather than the honey harvest. Sourcing ethical, clean ingredients is an ongoing concern and the company has now started to import oils direct from Vanuatu (Tamanu and Nangai oils). Currently 34.4? is being sold on line (www.thirtyfourpointfour.com), at the Cobbled Yard (1Bouverie Road N16) on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-5pm and at Broadway Market E8 on Saturdays from 10am-5pm.
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HUMANS OF HACKNEY Aylin & Neslihan
WE MOVED TO HACKNEY TO BE FREE AS A COUPLE Tell us about yourself. N: I am from İzmir, Turkey. I had been working as a dentist back in İzmir. Ever since we moved to London I still go back to İzmir on and off to deal with my patients. A: I was born and raised in İzmir. I had been running a photography education centre in Izmir. How did you meet? A: I met with Neslihan in my photography class. Whilst I was repeating the names of the new students I had an eye contact with Neslihan… The more I saw her and spent time with her through classes somethings got more real in time. At that time, I was married to a man and was in the process of divorce with him, and in those really difficult times, my feelings started coming back to life. The feelings that really got me excited and whilst trying to figure out what they really were, they got very intense and therefore I decided to write Neslihan a very long e-mail and our relationship started once I realised that her feelings were reciprocal.
following my teacher on social media. I would write some things on her posts, hoping that she would answer. It is such a miracle that she too, felt the same way. But I wasn’t expecting that e-mail from her. The first courageous move came from Aylin, but I was already quite ready for this relationship. What does it like to live in Turkey as a couple? Have you ever experienced homophobia? What do your families think of your relationship? N: It is almost impossible to live as a lesbian couple in Turkey. There is a very small group who can have their relationships freely but these people are generally based in İstanbul; it is not possible to live in that way in İzmir. You either choose to wear a mask and act out of sight, or you live your relationship openly and get neglected and isolated from society. We had to choose acting because we are already two people who have settled careers. We couldn’t afford to take this risk and damage this because of the views of other people. Still, I do believe that we are lucky because all our close friends, except our families, know about our
Whenever people start to do little things for themselves they create little miracles! N: For some reason though, I had the urge to spare some time for my long-standing interest in photography, and I am so happy I did… I guess whenever people start to do little things for themselves they create little miracles! When the photography classes had started, I remember
relationship and therefore we feel more “normal” about it. I didn’t tell to my family because I didn’t want to put them in a situation where they could feel caught between their daughter and social norms. This would have added a bigger burden to their shoulders without resolving anything. Because
homophobia is existent in our every day lives, including in our jokes… it is not only us who are exposed to homophobia, it is also sometimes our parents as well. A: It is hard to be two women in love in Turkey. It is hard to live in a society that sees love within certain limits. We haven’t experienced any homophobia because like Neslihan said, except our close friends no one knew about our partnership and the rest of the people just thought we were just two very close flatmates living together. Maybe a lot of people knew about us but luckily we were more known for our occupational achievements. This too, was a pressure for us as well because we had to hide our emotional partnership because of the fear of our relationship damaging our careers. In my family, my HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
cousins from my generation know about Neslihan and I also didn’t feel like telling to my mum. Perhaps in order to protect her, knowing that we can overcome everything, not telling her was the best choice. Why did you decide to move to London? N: For years, we travelled together to actually taste what it would feel like to hold hands in public and be ourselves. We visited a lot of different cities and countries but we’ve never felt more local anywhere but London. The atmosphere here made us feel like the people we really wanted to be. So 3 years ago we decided to move to London. A: I think our primary urge has always been the idea of living as an “us”. Apart from that, the idea of taking my art into the international realm played a big role in this decision.
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Want to travel the world one street food at a time? Head to the food markets in Hackney and the surrounding areas this weekend. Here are some of our favourite stalls. By Mersa Auda
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Gözleme - Growing Communities Farmers Market Hatice has been making fresh gozleme, the traditional Turkish flatbreads, for over 10 years. Using organic ingredients from the market itself, fillings include spinach, mushroom and cheese. She cooks everything from scratch starting from the dough, which she prepares with a mix of brown and white flour. Arancini Brothers - Hackney Downs Vegan Market The Aussie duo specialises in the famous Sicilian street food and they’ve come up with a mushroom based vegan version of the risotto balls that they turn into tasty burger patties. They have three restaurants, one of which is in Dalston.
Yorkshire Burrito - Broadway Market Bringing you the original Yorkshire pudding wrap, Yorkborn Henry wants to celebrate the beloved Sunday Roast by making it more accessible so that it can be enjoyed anywhere. You can choose between a beef, chicken or classic pork filling delicious with apple sauce! Yiro Greek Street Food Victoria Park Market One of the busiest stalls in Victoria Park Market, Yiro jazzes up traditional Greek recipes with Japanese and Korean flavours. Their pittas overflow with chips, salad and souvlaki style chicken, pork or grilled halloumi, all topped with their incredible sauces.
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GROWING COMMUNITIES FARMERS MARKET Saturday 10.30am 2.30pm St Pauls Church, Stoke Newington High St, London N16 7UY
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CHURCH STREET MARKET Sunday 10.30am - 3pm William Patten School, Church Street
HACKNEY DOWNS VEGAN MARKET Saturday 11am - 5pm Amhurst Terrace, London E8 2BT
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Rice Lah - Netil Market Popular for their rice parcels wrapped in a lotus leaf, Rice Lah use good grains to promote healthy eating. They make a notable mango sticky rice with coconut milk and black grains instead of white, and fried chicken made with a crispy rice and quinoa batter.
Kally Cooks - Broadway Vegan Market The Indian inspired menu at Kally Cooks is both vegan and gluten free. You can choose between a roasted cauliflower and quinoa cake or a Mumbai potato and celeriac rosti, both served with brown rice and a homemade chutney.
Bao London - Netil Market From a shack in a Hackney car park to a Soho restaurant, Bao’s popularity has skyrocketed since it first opened in 2015. Now reviving their Bao Bar, they still attract a crowd with their famous Taiwanese steamed buns, which are prepared daily in their bakery and filled with braised pork, peanut shavings and fermented greens.
The Frenchie - Broadway Market Tender duck confit with crispy crackling in a warm brioche roll, caramelised onion chutney and rocket, plus your choice of one of three cheeses (blue cheese and honey truffle is the popular option). A decadent burger that leaves a lasting impression once enjoyed.
Melter Meatballs - Church Street Market Slow cooked in a marinara sauce, these hand-rolled meatballs are made with locally sourced meat and a mix of herbs- no breadcrumbs are added to keep them gluten free. They can be enjoyed on mashed potatoes or on a sub, with homemade slaw, chilli jam, truffle mayo and crispy onions. Hush Hush Chefs - Victoria Park Market Freshly prepared filo pastry pies and quiches made by artisan bakers who seek out the best and freshest ingredients. Vegetarian and butter-free, they come with various fillings inspired by seasonal produce and classic Middle Eastern flavours. HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
BROADWAY MARKET Saturday 9am - 5pm Broadway Market, London E8 4QJ
BROADWAY VEGAN MARKET Saturday 10am - 4pm London Fields Primary School, Westgate St, London E8 3RU
VICTORIA PARK MARKET Saturday 10am - 4pm 56-57 Gore Rd, London E9 7HN
NETIL MARKET Saturday 11am - 6pm 13 - 23 Westgate St, London E8 3RL
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The Best Outdoor Summer Activities in Hackney We get so few days of sun in the UK that when it shows up, it becomes practically mandatory to spend each and every sunny day outside. How to make the most of this precious season? Try out a new outdoor activity, then chill out at some of Hackney’s best al fresco eating and drinking spots. By Victoria Gray
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o need to head out of the city - there’s plenty of ways to get active in Hackney London Fields Lido has recently had a makeover and is now fully open for the summer months. As well as being a 50m Olympic-sized heated pool, there is a sundeck and sunbathing area, as well as a cafe and good disabled access. It’s popular though, so make sure you plan ahead. But if getting on the water but not in it is more your thing, you can try rowing at Lea Rowing Club. The club has an illustrious history dating back to the 1860s, but if you’re not up for competing
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in regattas, you can try your hand at rowing for the first time, or to build up your fitness outside of the gym with classes for beginners and nonprofessionals. Or if a full rowing session sounds too much of a leap, try the Laburnum Boat Club, who organise boating sessions on the Regent’s Canal. While the voluntary organisation is mainly a kid’s club, they do adult sessions on Wednesday evenings, and narrowboat hire too, so you can get on the water whenever. The Castle Canoe Club also offers canoeing on the West Reservoir. The West Reservoir Centre in Stoke Newington allows
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open-water swimming in a section of the reservoir on Thursday evenings, or Saturday and Sunday mornings - bring your wetsuit! - as well as watersports, sailing and canoeing and kayaking, that you can book either as training sessions or for an event. Kids can book onto multi-activity courses during holiday times, ideal for working parents. Back on land, if you just fancy a summer walk to appreciate the sights and smells of nature in the city, you can enjoy a truly British horticultural experience at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park whose Pleasure Gardens were planted by the world-
renowned designer Piet Oudolf, and an urban orchard in the Mandeville Place even features its very own species of apple, the Paradice. Lapping Woodberry Downs is always a pleasure. The Woodberry Wetlands Centre is now open daily 9 - 4:30, and since its restoration has a host of wildlife to see, especially if you want to do some birdwatching, but there are also butterflies and bats too. Once you’re finished, you can eat at the Coal House Cafe at the East Reservoir centre. Walking along the Regent’s Canal is a fantastic way to spend a summer’s day. Take yourself all the way through Hackney without stopping
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West Reservoir Centre Cafe Dalston Roof Park off, starting from Angel (or even further back) heading to Hackney Wick, or beyond to Limehouse. The Hackney section of the walk takes around an hour with more than a few pubs and cafes to stop off at for a rest along the way like the The Rosemary Branch and Arepa & Co to extend that time. And if that’s not energetic enough for you, cycling or running the route is just as enjoyable. And of course Hackney is full of parks - 58 in total. Clissold Park, Abney Park, London Fields, Hackney Marshes, Springfield Park and more all have lovely picnicking spaces and fields where you can play frisbee or football. There are also numerous running races going on throughout the summer so you can get out of the gym and into the sunshine - from weekly Park Runs on Hackney Downs, to 5 and 10k races organised by the Race Organiser, and Chase the Sun. Never let it be said that Hackney doesn’t have anywhere green to go!
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After a burst of energy, there are plenty of places to reward yourself with Hackney’s great distribution of foodie hubs and pubs. Or, if you’re just interested in drinking al fresco,
there are plenty of places to indulge too. Hackney is blessed with several rooftop areas. If you’re looking for a drink up where the air is rarefied, Netil360’s rooftop is infamous - the views you can see across London from atop their collection of creative studios are the subject of Instagram photos throughout the summer - and the cocktails are the perfect accompaniment. Open all day, the airy open rooftop gets crowded in the evening but our tip is to enjoy the afternoon sun up there with a cold beer. And if you’re looking to spend all night on a roof, Dalston Roof Park’s summer opening is always a big event, and they regularly host DJ nights amongst the allotments on the top of Bootstrap House so be sure to check out their summer calendar. If you don’t make the list, or are waiting to get up, you can also enjoy Dalston Curve garden, a lovely place to get away from the hubbub of Kingsland Road. Just down the road from Netil House, London Fields Roof Gardens is hidden on top of the Hot House Building and hosts pop up food stalls and bars during the day as well as summer parties and nights as the summer goes on. Previous years have featured the likes
of The Cheese Truck and an Italian pop-up, so we’re excited to see what 2018’s summer season brings. Eating outside is one of the greatest joys of the summer and there’s no shortage of places to do it in Hackney, if anything too many to mention. Crate Brewery in Hackney Wick has a huge outdoor space beside the canal. Some of the best beer gardens range from the White Hart in Stokey to London Fields’ Pub On The Park, the Crooked Billet and the Princess of Wales in Clapton, the Spread Eagle in Homerton, and the Fox in Haggerston - with a bonus rooftop - and the Kenton in South Hackney. Enjoy a pizza outdoors at Da Michele on Stoke Newington Church Street or Radio Alice on Hoxton Square. The area’s regular markets become so much more of a joy to explore when it’s sunny - including Broadway Market every Saturday, Ridley Road Market selling food and drink every Monday - Saturday, Hoxton Street Market - one of London’s oldest - selling food Monday - Friday and full stuff on Saturday, Chatsworth Road market every Sunday, Hackney Downs Vegan Market every Saturday, Well Street Market on the first Saturday of the month, and Kingsland Market HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
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Coal House Cafe which is re-opening in July as a retro and vintage market on Saturdays. The new permanent Mare Street market merges a group of small business kiosks, new a Gizzi Erskine restaurant, and even a record store, open every day. Growing Communities market in Stokey on a Saturday and pop-up ones coming throughout the summer include Hackney Flea Market and Hackney WICKed craft markets. The only difficult part will be deciding what to do first...
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A Weekend Walk:
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By Mersa Auda
ackney has established itself as a hot spot for its food & drink on offer as well as its edgy creative scene. The growing number of innovative shops, cafes and bars could keep locals busy for a lifetime, but if on a lazy weekend
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you feel overstimulated by the buzz, why not take advantage of the beautiful green spaces in the area? We have mapped out a route that takes you through tranquil paths and selected a few stops for refreshment, allowing you to enjoy the East End’s lively vibes in small doses as you relax in the midst of nature.
usually long, they move fast. The wonderful views that can be enjoyed from the outside seating area are just one more reason to stop here.
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Start in Victoria Park. Enter via Gore Gate and walk through the food market. (Nearest postcode: E2 9JW) Victoria Park first opened to the public in 1845. Although it suffered considerable damage during WW2, it was restored to its former glory in recent years, with some of its original features recreated to match the original design by Sir James Pennethorne. Nicknamed The People’s Park, this lush space has given east Londoners throughout history the chance to enjoy the pleasures of a leisurely walk and to practice sports. As of last summer, visitors have another great reason to come here: every Sunday from 10-4pm, you will find a food market full of appetising goods. With local produce including homemade baking, seasonal fruit and vegetables, charcuterie, cheeses, and so much more on offer, you can pick up your weekly grocery shopping as you pass or simply enjoy a treat or two while you browse and chat to the friendly sellers.
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Arrive at the other end of the market, by Bonner Gate, and enjoy a coffee stop at the last stand, Browns of Brockley. Branching out from their south-east base, Browns of Brockley now have a cart at Victoria Market to take care of shoppers’ caffeine needs. A
perfect chance for a pick-meup!
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Go left towards West Lake and cross the bridge. Walk by the Chinese Pagoda island and admire the view. The original pagoda was purchased following the 1842 Chinese exhibit in Hyde Park and placed here to embellish the lake, but was eventually demolished in 1956 due to irreparable damage. It was rebuilt in 2010 when a grant was awarded to improve the area, in view of the 2012 Olympics.
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Follow the lake and arrive at the Regal Boat Hire area. An information board here lists all the birds you may spot around the park, and if you like the idea of getting right into the lake with the ducks, you can hire a pedalo or rowing boat to enjoy an aquatic tour with friends or family. A fun time guaranteed!
Visit the gardening centre Growing Concerns. From Jubilee Gate West cross over to Jubilee Gate East and exit the park from Gunmaker’s Gate to join the Hertford Union Canal. Once you’ve descended by the canal, keep going east until you see the small entrance to a huge plant emporium on your left. Growing Concerns is far more than a plant shop. It’s an independent gardening hub where you can get expert advice about designing your garden from scratch or giving your outdoor space a makeover. You can also just grab a new plant, some seeds or a pretty vase, or simply have a wander around and be inspired to add more green to your living space.
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side, to carry on walking by the canal. Say hello to the boat dwellers that call the canal home, and when you come to the metal bridge, cross it and go down into Wallis Road. You will find some impressive murals, including an imposing work by famed street artist Thierry Noir. There is also a small concentration of bars here so you can grab another cheeky pint at the funky Grow (and take advantage of their canalside seating) or check out the newly opened Wild Beer Co, where you’ll likely find something new and exciting to try from their extensive beer menu.
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Immerse yourself in nature, and end the walk with a hearty meal. Go back to the canal and enjoy the calm of this final stretch. Follow the footpath until you reach the Princess of Wales pub (146 Lea Bridge Road, E5 9RB), where you can round off the day with a delicious Sunday roast.
Beer stop at Crate. Go left as you exit the plant oasis and resume your canal walk. Go up the next bridge to cross the road, and just as you descend on the other side you’ll find Crate Brewery, where you can stop for a pint.
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Check out the street art by Hackney Wick station. Go back up the same bridge and descend onto the pedestrian path on the other
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Brunch stop at Pavilion. Right by the boat hire you will see the pavilion from which the popular cafe inside takes its name. The Pavilion Café has become a locals’ favourite, renowned for top notch brunches, bread and pastries, and while queues are HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
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FOOD & DRINK
Viva Dalston By Victoria Gray
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ccupying a corner where Kingsland Road and Stoke Newington Road meet, with a black patterned front you could mistaking Viva Dalston for a tattoo parlour, but you’d be foolish to overlook it. Primarily a bar, with a menu of seasonal serves and twists on classic cocktails, including a Disco Sour, a herbaceous mix on a pisco sour, and a killer list of margaritas, it also serves a short menu of what is called Mexican tapas, but influence spreads all the way down to the chef ’s home of Brazil. The light but filling signature stew
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of coconutty moqueca is a Brazilian delicacy. Seasonal specials included a delicious sea bass ceviche, and the menu is rounded off by hearty portions of classic tacos and quesadillas. The menu is dominated by vegetarian and vegan free dishes (although meat lovers can get their fill with the meaty options for the tacos and quesadillas) and you can tell that fresh ingredients are used every day. It’s somewhere you could aim to stop in for a drink, but end up spending all night. 2 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7XN vivadalston.co.uk
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FOOD & DRINK
Five of the best Summer cocktails By Victoria Gray
SUMMER WINES By Victoria Gray Summer and wine are the best of friends. Crisp acidity cuts through hot days, and fruit flavours enhance summer fruits, salads and barbeque food. Here are five wines to get you through the summer. VILLEMARIN PICPOUL DE PINET, 2016 Region: France majestic.co.uk/wines/villemarinpicpoul-de-pinet-10001 ■ £9.99 Picpoul de Pinet is a crowd-pleaser of a white wine - occupying the middle ground between dry and fruity, it’s easy to drink all day at a barbecue or accompany a light summer dinner. Majestic Wines, 201-207 Shoreditch High Street E1 6LG
Summer in Hackney goes hand in hand with fruity craft cocktails - here are five of our favourites to tick off your to-drink list as the summer months go by. Alfred Le Roy - The White Building Next to Crate Brewery, the Alfred Le Roy is the ideal quirky bar, set up on a canal boat! Its White Building cocktail is a tribute to the establishment it’s moored next to, and is a fascinating mix of gingerbread, kombucha and egg white. Canalside Mooring 7 Queens Yard, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick E9 5EN Oslo - The Oslo Spritz Everyone gets excited about Aperol Spritz in the summer and Oslo, in Hackney Central takes this one step further with using pear and ginger flavours as well as yuzu sherbet for a spritz with a twist. 1A Amhurst Road, Hackney Central, E8 1LL Fontaine’s - Airmail When you’ve either got something to celebrate or are just feeling decadent, the Airmail at Stoke Newington High Street’s art deco bar Fontaine’s is the drink to turn
to - mixing rum, lime, honey and Champagne for a delicious sweet and sour glass to raise to Tuesday. 18 Stoke Newington High Street N16 7PL Wringer and Mangle - The Upper Manhattan If you like your drinks strong, you’re going to want to spend some time on Wringer and Mangle’s London Fields terrace this summer. This twist on a classic Manhattan includes olive oil it goes down almost too easily. 13-18 Sidworth Street, London Fields, E8 3SD TT Liquor - The Groglet With its cellar bar location, TT Liquor might not be the obvious choice for the summer months, but it’s cool and dry away from the heat of the busy Kingsland Road, and the jasmine-tea infused gin based Groglet offers further refreshment. 17B Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, E2 8AA
DOMAINE LES GRÈS CÔTES DE PROVENCE ROSÉ, 2017 Region: France laithwaites.co.uk/product/40905 ■ £12.99 If you’re going to drink rose, make sure you pick up something quality rather than just going for the first pink wine you see. This light, but tangy Provence is ideal for a hot day. Laithwaites Wine LA BATTAGLIOLA, LAMBRUSCO “DOSAGE 15” Region: Italy boroughwines.co.uk/our-christmas-picks/labattagliola-lambrusco-dosage-15/ ■ £15 The poor old Lambrusco grape gets a bad name because its most famous product is Lambrini, but this fruity sparkling Italian wine made from its grapes is ideal for any summer celebration. Borough Wines, 163 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0UL CARTA VIEJA CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2016 Region: Chile www.oddbins.com/carta-viejacabernet-sauvignon ■ £7 Chilean reds wines are fruity, rich and ideal to go with barbecued meats. If you’re getting people round and getting the BBQ out, make sure you’ve got a few bottles of this lined up to serve with your grills. Oddbins wine
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EDUCATION National basketball achievement for Clapton Girls Academy
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lapton Girls Academy’s under 16s basketball team triumphed against Aylesbury High School with a score of 67-63 at the 2018 Dynamik National Schools league finals in Manchester. The girls overcame a six-point half time deficit and a late Aylesbury charge to take home the U16s Girls title. Clapton’s Jade Guidolin-Duncan finished the first half after scoring 10 points only to rack up a further 19 for a total of 29 overall, earning herself recognition as the game’s Most Valuable Player (MVP). The girls’ coach Fionnuala
Duhaney-Keown lauded her team’s win, “This was a fantastic result considering … Aylesbury have been to many a national final four but for us it was a first time and we wanted to make our mark” she told Hackney Magazine. “We had to win our borough competition first, then as we won all those games undefeated we went into represent our borough and played 2 different rounds against winners of other boroughs Waltham Forest and 4 time national champions and previous title holders Haringey in the quarter final stage. From there we went to the London Final Four and for the first
time in our school’s history we won that. From there we qualified for the National Final Fours in Manchester where we represented London not just Hackney” she said, explaining the team’s journey to the final. Clapton Girls Academy’s Basketball Programme is run by London-based charity Greenhouse Sports, who put a full time coach in a school to give young people access to sports coaching and mentoring and opportunities to learn the kind of life skills that sport can teach including
leadership, resilience and teamwork. Since 2002, the charity has worked with over 40,000 young people.
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HEALTH & WELLBEING SUMMER FOODS WITH HEALTH BENEFITS Joslin Morrison Nutritional Therapist
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his time of year means most of us want to start looking and feeling our best. We venture outdoors more, become more social and generally feel a lot happier with the world. Barbeques, picnics, weddings and holidays all hit our busy agendas and the temptation to grab quick fix foods for a picnic or barbeque are all too easy (not to mention that extra glass of chilled wine on a hot summer eve) – by the end of the summer we are not always feeling our best. With the change in seasons, comes the change in health and fitness messages. We are bombarded with endless faddy diets – ‘how to shift a stone in a week’, ‘get a bikini body in 5 days’ – most of which are completely unsustainable. We can be left feeling hungry and lacking in energy, and more often than not we end up eating all the wrong foods. As a nutritional therapist, I believe in focussing on your health, not your weight. Eating nutritious wholesome foods can give you numerous added benefits; antiageing, immune boosting, heart protective and disease fighting properties to name just a few.
Many of us don’t drink enough water, especially during the summer Eat more raw foods
SO HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP YOU STAY HEALTHY OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS: Stay hydrated Many of us don’t drink enough water, especially during the summer. The recommended daily water intake is 1.2 litres according to the NHS, though nearer to 2 litres is optimal at this time of year. Luckily nature provides us with lots of moisture rich foods such as cucumbers, water melons, strawberries, lettuce, oranges and celery. So focus on eating more moisture rich foods to help keep you hydrated. Eat a rainbow of colour Fruits and vegetables are at their peak in the summer months, in both flavour and availability. They provide us with an abundance of vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants. Living in a polluted city like London, means we need to protect our bodies as much as possible from the ever-present pollution, and other unwanted chemicals our bodies ingest on a daily basis. Antioxidants help to protect us from the damage these chemicals (free radicals) can cause to our bodies. They also help to build our immune systems ready for the cold winter months ahead. Try to eat a range of brightly coloured fruits and vegetables each day, and indulge on seasonal berries – they are loaded with these super powerful antioxidants.
Now is a great time to shift your focus to salads, fresh smoothies and homemade dips and dressings. Don’t forget to add fresh herbs and nuts and seeds too. Eating more raw vegetables will also give you a super boost of fibre which many of us lack in our diets. Enjoy a healthy BBQ Try and avoid processed meats such as hot dogs or shop bought burgers – these are often loaded with salt and other unhealthy chemicals. Instead buy organic or grass-fed meat and make your own burgers and kebabs (and don’t forget to add some lovely vegetables to your kebab skewer). Making your own marinades can bring lots of added health benefits by including herbs and spices, and they always taste better and are healthier than shop bought ones. Avoiding the airplane bloat Most of us will travel somewhere this summer and we often find when we arrive at our holiday destination, we may suffer constipation and bloating. This is because being at 30,000ft can slow down our digestive systems. Make sure to drink plenty of water and avoid salty foods and caffeine which can cause dehydration. Bring with you some healthy snacks in your bag (raw nuts and seeds, fresh fruit) and try not to partake in the inflight drinks trolley. You will arrive at your destination less bloated and more energised and ready for your much-deserved holiday. Have a wonderful healthy summer! For more information or to book an appointment please email joslinnutrition@gmail.com
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THE HACKNEY BAKERY MADE HARRY & MEGHAN’S WEDDING CAKE
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wedding cake with a beautiful design and a deliciously sweet flavour is a symbol of the start of a married couple’s new life together. The moment the newlywed couple cuts through the multi-layered cake together is without a doubt one of the most iconic and photographed parts of any wedding day. The couples among you must already have a favourite cake in mind, but don’t make a decision before trying the cakes available at this small bakery which is prepared Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding cake. Claire Ptak the owner of the Hackneybased Violet bakery-café which Kensington Palace has referred to as a ‘culinary gem’, has been selected to bake the cake for the royal wedding. Raised in California, Claire previously worked as a pastry chef for Alice Waters
at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and now focuses on adding organic and seasonal ingredients to all her creations. Before opening her organic bakery in 2010 she used to run a stall at Hackney’s Broadway Market, bringing baked goods in from home. She is also a food writer and food and prop stylist. “All of my cakes are baked with organic and low intervention ingredients. Many of the other ingredients are organic as well, like our Madagascan vanilla pods and pure cane molasses. Limited edition buttercream icings that adorn our birthday cakes, cupcakes, and fill whoopie pies and biscuits, change with the seasons. They are made by whipping up butter and sugar then gently folding in fresh fruit purees, melted Valrhona dark chocolate, freshly brewed espresso, home-made flower cordials or dark caramel made with sea salt” she writes on her website.
Violet is open from 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday and from 9.30 am – 6pm on weekends. You can visit the website violetcakes.com for more details.
LOCAL BANDS FOR A WEDDING HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND
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ining nuggets of funk, hip-hop and hi-octane rock from the musical coalface and throwing in a few chunks of Balkan brass, ska and contemporary jazz for good measure, the Hackney Colliery Band is as diverse as Hackney that gave them their name. A New Orleans-style line up of trumpets, trombones, saxes, sousaphone and two drummers, and a name which
pays homage to the British brass heritage demonstrate that Hackney Colliery Band are rooted in tradition, yet sound thoroughly modern. hackneycollieryband.co.uk
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repare yourself for a blitz of eccentric theatricality, wild gypsy beats, virtuoso fingerwork, wanton genremixing, lunatic dancing and inexplicable outfits. Colomboloco shows blend dynamic and eclectic folk Mediterranean beats from across Southern Europe with Tarantella, Classical Opera, as well as Greek, Spanish and Turkish traditional music in
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an epic journey around the globe worthy of Colombus himself. The band’s musicians hail from Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey, performing in South Italian dialect, Italian, Spanish and also in English, French, Hebrew and Russian. colomboloco.com
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A SUNNY SUMMER WEDDING Gemma Leary and Mark got married at Hackney Town Hall on 5th May 2018
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ow did you meet? Mark and I met 15 years ago in our first year at Loughborough University, on a night out in the student union. It just so happened that we were on the same course! What did you first think of your partner? My first impression - he was very good looking so I was surprised he would be interested in me! Mark tells me his first impression of me was that I was beautiful and he needed to get my number. How did you start dating? Mark asked me on a date within a few days of us meeting, we went for a few drinks and we never really looked back!
GLASTONBURY PROPOSAL When did you know that your partner was the right one for you? Although we were together throughout the majority of our time at uni, I didn't ever really think I'd end up marrying someone I met at 19. It was when we graduated and were still going strong that I knew there was something there. I moved back home to East London and was so happy that not long after Mark moved from his home in Norfolk to start a life here too. Mark: I moved to London to be closer to Gem, but also to start my career and life after graduating. It was great because whilst we spent loads of time together she also gave me the space to meet my own friends and start a life here in my own right, not just as her boyfriend. That's when I really knew she was a keeper.
How did the proposal happen? Last year at Glastonbury! It was the first time there for both of us, and we went with another couple - really good friends of ours. Mark was apparently waiting for a window to propose when they both weren't around, so took the opportunity on the Saturday night by the side of the Pyramid stage - we were waiting for our friends to come back from the bar and I was talking about how happy I was. Before I knew it Mark was on one knee! How did you start organising your wedding day? Can you tell us about your planning process? Not long after we got engaged we took ourselves on holiday for a week and during that time had a few really good conversations about the kind of wedding we'd like. Luckily we were pretty much on the same page about everything! We quickly had a date in mind and the first thing was to let the absolute most important people in our lives know. Living in London and wanting to get married here made it really easy to look at potential venues, we made a list and saw them all within a fortnight just on evenings after work, which made it easy to make some decisions quite quickly. Is there any specific reason for choosing Hackney Town Hall and The London Fields Brewhouse? We knew we wanted to get married in the area and decided to choose the reception venue first. The LFB ticked all of our boxes, exactly the kind of place we could see ourselves celebrating in, but also not completely dry hire. Then luckily the beautiful Hackney Town Hall -just a few minutes walk away- was also available on our chosen date. How was your wedding day? Did
everything go as planned? We were so lucky, the day went exactly as we'd hoped - really relaxed and just full of happiness and fun. I remember looking around and realising it wasn't just about people celebrating our marriage, but actually weddings are a really wonderful opportunity to bring people together.
Any advice for couples who are planning their weddings? Stay true to yourselves as a couple and don't worry about the things you think you should include on your big day, instead only make decisions based on what you really want and what will mean something to you on the day. We stripped back on so many of the little details that actually had no impact on our day at all, and have no regrets about that in any way. Other small tips - consider dried flowers. The only fresh flowers we used were for the bouquets. You'll save a fortune and will be able to keep the flowers for ages after. Also, build lots of extra time for the morning of the wedding. Aim to be ready much earlier than you think.I got to the Town Hall with my mum and bridesmaids more than half an hour early, which only meant we got to have a quick drink in the Picture House across the road before hand!
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an you tell us how the home buying process should start for first time buyers?
Our advice to first time buyers is to get a mortgage agreed in principle so that they know exactly how much they can borrow, they can arrange this via an independent mortgage broker or directly with their bank. Once they know how much they can afford to spend they can start the fun part which is going out to view properties. When do they need a surveyor and solicitor? Once they have an offer accepted on a property they will need to appoint a solicitor. They will also need to contact their broker/bank to finalise the mortgage and the mortgage lender will then arrange a mortgage valuation survey. However we would advise buyers to also arrange their own independent survey. Do they have to pay stamp duty? First time buyers received some great news in the 2017 Autumn Budget. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that from the 22nd November 2017, first time buyers would be eligible to receive tax relief on stamp duty land tax. First-time buyers purchasing their first home for £300,000 or less will pay no Stamp duty land tax. Where the purchase price is over £300,000 but does not exceed £500,000 they will pay 5% on the amount above £300,000.
Andy Loizou Are there any other costs of buying a home? The main costs are solicitors’ fees, survey fees and stamp duty. First time buyers should also account for removal costs and furnishing their new home. Having said that I remember buying my first home and moving in with just a bed only as I couldn’t afford to buy any other furniture. Are there any government schemes that help first time buyers to get on to the property ladder? Yes there is a help to buy scheme that was set up by the government, buyers can read more about this via the help to buy website helptobuy.gov.uk
Location is everything. What should they look for? Deciding on where you want to live is of course one of the most important aspects of your property search. Where you choose to live depends not only on your budget but your personal preferences and priorities. For example, you may choose to search for a property located close to your parent’s home or in close to distance to friends. It’s also very important to work out how long the commute to work will take, good transport links are key. What is the best way to search to find a home? Initially browsing on the internet can give buyers a HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
sense of what’s on the market and what their budget can afford them. Rightmove and Zoopla are two of the largest property portals and are a great place to start your property search. However it’s important to register directly with all the local agents in your chosen area as pro- active agents will call / email you as soon as they have a suitable property on the market. We would also recommend buyers to keep up to date on social media as agents like ourselves are always posting new properties and properties that are due to come on the market via our Instagram page. instagram.com/oakwoodn16
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INTERIOR
EAST IS BEST How three brothers created their beautiful East London home
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rom the moment you meet Miles Angell, it is clear to see he is truly invested in Bethnal Green and the East End of London. He and his brothers bought their first home here, he even met his fiancée here, and if that wasn’t enough to cement it, you may just spot the E2 tattoo on Miles’ collarbone inked by a local artist. TV producer Miles is London born and bred and has spent the last 7 years living in Bethnal
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“The first thing everyone says when they walk into the property is how much bigger it is once you are inside”
Green. Buying his first flat with his brothers just around the corner on Dunbridge Street, the time came when they wanted to invest in a larger family home that they could all live in. In 2013, they found the perfect project, a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Victorian house on Vallance Road that they could really make their mark on. The brothers bought the house from an elderly couple who had lived there for most of their lives “we were really happy to be the next family to create amazing memories in the property” says Miles. After an extensive refurbishment project, “Apart from the outside and interior walls, every inch of the house including the plumbing and electrics was replaced” all three brothers and a sister-in-law moved in five months later. They knocked through the
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“The second-hand frame was bought from Blue Note on Bethnal Green Road” living room and dining room to create a bright and spacious open plan feel and installed bi-fold doors from the kitchen out to the courtyard garden to create a sense of alfresco living. “We also moved the location of the staircase to allow for the eventual building work of a second floor which could potentially include a roof terrace”. “The first thing everyone says when they walk into the property is how much bigger it is once you are inside” says Miles. From the outside it’s an attractive but unassuming Victorian terraced house but inside the rooms are extremely well proportioned and it has the added benefit of a small south facing courtyard garden, a real asset when outside space is so hard to come by in London. The house is beautifully finished, the brothers have been careful to retain its period character whilst incorporating more modern additions. “I don’t like to take credit for other people’s work” says Miles “so I should say that our mum is the main reason why the house looks like it does. She has an interior design company
and has an amazing eye for how a house should look and function”. The sense of family along with snippets of each of the brother’s personalities really shows through in the house. “Our Danish dining table and chairs set is probably our biggest pride and joy” says Miles. “it was handed down to us from our Nana and Papa who bought it in Heal’s Department Store on Tottenham Court Road in 1968, it’s still in great condition and is always the first thing people comment on”. Miles and his brothers are big supporters of buying local and living in the heart of such a creative area, it’s difficult not to be. The house is an eclectic mix of furniture pieces from Brick Lane, art from Nelly Duff on Columbia Road as well as renowned East End artist Dan Hillier. One of Miles’ favourite pieces is a gold mirror that hangs at the bottom of the stairs. “The second-hand frame was bought from Blue Note on Bethnal Green Road and the mirror itself was made and framed at Frame Land on Brick Lane”. The house is situated in a really convenient location. Equidistant to Bethnal Green, Whitechapel and Shoreditch High Street stations, it’s easy to get just about anywhere. It is also moments from the shops, eateries, parks and markets the areas has to offer – Miles cites E Pellici, The HACKNEYMAGAZINE.COM
Carpenters Arms, Columbia Road, Broadway Market and not forgetting Satan’s Whiskers where he took his now fiancée on their first date, as some of his favourite hang outs. Weavers Field is just across the road, with Victoria Park and The Regent’s Canal path within easy walking distance. However, he says, “the area isn’t just about those places, to me it’s about Peter Sargent’s Butcher Shop that’s been there since the 80’s, it’s the local newsagents who are so friendly, it’s the family run laundrette; Attaboy who tailor all my clothes, it’s the guys in Cash4Goods that always fix my electrical appliances. Everyone is so friendly even though we all come from different walks of life”. But now it’s time for a new chapter. Miles’ brothers have both moved out since starting their own families and with Miles’ own impending wedding next year, it’s time for the next step in their lives. “Various friends and family have moved in and out over the years and in that time I have always tried to maintain a family feel to the house despite the people living here changing, I hope that continues when we leave, and a new family can love the house as much as we do”. Vallance Road is For Sale through EastHaus Estate Agents. For further details contact Jenna Buck on 020 3176 1270.
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INTERVIEW
Q&A
Sophie McKay By Mersa Auda
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esigner Sophie McKay founded Bar Jewellery in 2015 after working in fashion for many years for the likes of Versace and Tom Ford. A strong desire to champion eco-friendliness in the industry led her to set up her own ethical brand. Sophie creates sustainably sourced pieces without following trends, so that her jewellery can outlive the changing fashions and encourage the idea of conscious, responsible purchasing. Handmade in East London by local artisans, her elegant, understated jewellery, coupled with the brand’s ethos, has already won her many fans, including Emma Watson. Sophie tells us what she enjoys most about Hackney, and where she hangs out when she is not busy in her workshop.
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What's your earliest memory of Hackney? I worked at a fashion house on Shacklewell Lane when I was studying, my main memory is rummaging through rolls of sequin fabric at Dalston market. Is there a particular place that inspires you in the area? No particular place, but the fact that creative people from all over the world are living and working in East London makes it inspiring in itself. 34 HACKNEY MAGAZINE
Wabi Sabi by Leonard Koren, a beautiful book about the Japanese art of imperfection and impermanence.
Sophie McKay What do you think of East London’s transformation over the years? I think that it is positive in many ways but it’s a shame that certain areas are losing their identity.
What are you most passionate about besides jewellery? Fitness - it clears my head and resets me when everything else is a whirlwind!
What can Hackney offer an aspiring artist/ young creative? Since moving to East London I have felt a sense of belonging to London’s creative community. I think that feeling is something really positive and important for people just starting out.
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What would you change or add to the area? It would be nice if there was more interaction between the people who have been in the area for years and the new people moving in.
Favourite shop in Hackney? Florist and plant design shop Grace and Thorn, on Hackney Road. I love their naturalistic approach to floristry.
Where do you get your favourite meal in Hackney? Dishoom for amazing curry and the okra fries.
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If you had to offer one piece of advice to young artists in Hackney, based on personal experience? I would say to take advantage of the many initiatives focussed on supporting startups and creatives in the area.
Best coffee in Hackney? The Counter Cafe in Hackney Wick, the coffee is great but also the canal setting is beautiful in the summer.
Last book you read? Wabi Sabi by Leonard Koren, a beautiful book about the Japanese art of imperfection and impermanence. Favourite pub in Hackney? The Crooked Billet in Clapton for the laid back and friendly atmosphere. What’s your guilty pleasure? Excel spreadsheets!
How would you describe your home? Minimal with lots of 1950s furniture. Tell us of your upcoming projects. I am working on a new collection to be released later in the year so I’m currently spending my time in my studio carving wax models and perfecting prototypes.
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