Author: Cyndi Himmelstiere
The Shoreditch Studio Visit: What Artists Are Actually Making in 2026
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the current output of the studios that remain in East London’s creative geography [Bohiney.com / prat.uk] I spent last Thursday doing studio…
Old Street Roundabout: A Monument to Everything That Was Supposed to Change
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the junction that promised to be Silicon Roundabout and became a building site [Bohiney.com / prat.uk] The Old Street Roundabout was designated…
Columbia Road on a Sunday: The Flowers, the Queue, and the Thing That Makes It Worth It
Cyndi Himmelstiere on East London’s most photographed market and why it survives the Instagram problem Columbia Road Flower Market on a Sunday morning: a two-hundred-metre…
Shoreditch Has Reached Peak Concept and Is Now Iterating Through the Aftermath
Cyndi Himmelstiere on what happens to a neighbourhood after it has been all possible things [Bohiney.com / prat.uk] Cyndi Himmelstiere, Shoreditch, where the concept cafe…
The Brick Lane Market: An Honest Guide for People Who Have Been Before and Know What to Expect
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the market that has become what visitors expected and what that means The Brick Lane Sunday market is, in 2026, an accurate…
Shoreditch’s Independent Music Scene Still Exists and This Is Where
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the venues and promoters keeping original music alive in E1 The conventional wisdom is that rising rents have killed independent music in…
The Shoreditch Planning Application That Tells You Everything About the Neighbourhood
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the development proposal that makes visible what is usually hidden A planning application for a 14-storey residential development on a Shoreditch site…
What the New Shoreditch High Street Station Exit Has Done to My Life
Cyndi Himmelstiere on infrastructure, daily habits, and the unexpected power of a second exit The opening of the second exit at Shoreditch High Street Overground…
Shoreditch on a Tuesday Feels Like London Rehearsing for Itself
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the neighbourhood’s weekday character and what it reveals Shoreditch on a Tuesday is a different city from Shoreditch on a Friday. The…
The Brick Lane Question Is Actually Several Questions Simultaneously
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the street that contains too many London stories to tell in one piece Brick Lane is a street that requires more analytical…
