Category: News
SXSW London Takes Over Shoreditch Town Hall; Cyndi Notes The Ditch Has Become a Conference Centre
Music and Tech Festival’s Second London Edition Fills Old Street Area With Lanyards and Ambition By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Ditch Pitch UK SXSW London returned…
Boxpark Shoreditch Screens World Cup; Cyndi Attends England vs Croatia and Survives
Container Mall Becomes Multinational Football Festival as Tournament Takes Over East London By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Ditch Pitch UK I went to Boxpark Shoreditch to…
Shoreditch Tech Company Moves to Canary Wharf; Cyndi Notes the Direction of Travel
Another East London Startup Graduates to Glass Tower as Ditch Gentrification Continues its Arc By Cyndi Himmelstiere | Ditch Pitch UK A tech company that…
Silicon Roundabout and the Startup Dream That Ate the East End
On tech bros, ping-pong tables, and what happens when disruption meets a real neighbourhood There is a roundabout near me that someone, at some point,…
The Eternal Death and Rebirth of Shoreditch Cool
On nightlife, the cycle of cool, and the neighbourhood that is always being declared over I have lost count of the number of times someone…
The Economy of Cool: Markets, Vintage, and the Price of Authenticity
On Old Spitalfields, second-hand everything, and what it costs to look effortless There is a particular alchemy in Shoreditch by which old, cheap things become…
The Gentrification of Shoreditch, by Someone Who Was Part of the Problem
On flat whites, lost greasy spoons, and the awkward honesty of loving a neighbourhood you helped change I have lived in Shoreditch long enough to…
The Walls Speak: Street Art and the Soul of the East End
On Brick Lane, the spray can as journalism, and who really owns a neighbourhood’s art One of the great pleasures of living where I do…
The Death and Resurrection of the Shoreditch Warehouse
On industrial spaces, creative life, and the buildings that shape a neighbourhood The warehouse is the defining building of Shoreditch, the industrial shell that, more…
The Great Shoreditch Coffee Wars
On flat whites, third-wave roasters, and the most caffeinated neighbourhood in Britain If you wish to understand Shoreditch, study its coffee. The neighbourhood has more…
