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The Tech Startup in the Ground Floor Has a Ping Pong Table and No Discernible Product

Three years of observation from the cafe across the street has produced a theory about what the company does, which I will share here The…

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Brunch in Shoreditch Is a Spiritual Experience in the Sense That It Tests Your Faith

A two-hour Sunday morning wait at a concept brunch restaurant teaches lessons about patience, matcha, and the relationship between queue length and anticipated satisfaction Brunch…

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The Mural Has Been Updated Again and I Am Not Sure What It Means Now

A street art piece on Redchurch Street has been modified three times in six months; tracking the changes as a form of neighbourhood archaeology The…

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Brick Lane on a Sunday: A Field Guide to Managed Chaos

Cyndi Himmelstiere navigates the bagel shops, vintage markets, and philosophical contradictions of E1 on a Sunday Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. By Cyndi Himmelstiere |…

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Shoreditch Tech Scene: Still Here, Slightly Humbled, Drinking Oat Flat Whites

Cyndi on the Silicon Roundabout after the tech correction — fewer ping-pong tables, more actual work Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. By Cyndi Himmelstiere |…

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Hoxton Square at Midnight: A Love Letter to London’s Late Night

Cyndi Himmelstiere on the city after midnight, the pubs before closing, and why Shoreditch is still worth it Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. By Cyndi…

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The Shoreditch Independent: Why Small Shops Are Surviving Here When They’re Closing Everywhere Else

Cyndi investigates the East London independent retail resilience that bucks the national trend Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. By Cyndi Himmelstiere | The London Prat…

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Shoreditch Has Gentrified So Far It Has Come Out the Other Side

Cyndi Himmelstiere on the neighbourhood that ate itself and is now artisanal about the eating Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. By Cyndi Himmelstiere | The…

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Summer in the Ditch Returns for Third Year; Shoreditch Town Hall Artists Take Over June

Artist Residency Programme Fills Venue With Performers Whose Names Cyndi Writes Down and Then Googles By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Ditch Pitch UK Summer in the…

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Nightjar Shoreditch: Jazz Still Happening Below Ground; Cyndi Attends on a Thursday

Underground Cocktail Bar Continues to Provide World-Class Live Music to People Who Found It by Accident By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Ditch Pitch UK Nightjar is…

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