Category: News
Shoreditch Is Still Here and So Am I: A State of the Ditch Report
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the street art, the studios, the rents, and who Shoreditch is actually for now LONDON, UK – Shoreditch has been declared dead…
Brick Lane Market on a Sunday: A Field Report
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the vintage stalls, the curry mile, and the sociology of a Sunday morning in E1 LONDON, UK – Brick Lane on a…
The Old Truman Brewery: How a Landmark Became a Brand
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the complex heritage of E1’s most recognisable commercial space LONDON, UK – The Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane is simultaneously one…
Shoreditch House and the Question of Who a Neighbourhood Is For
Cyndi Himmelstiere on private members clubs in E1 and the geography of creative exclusion LONDON, UK – Shoreditch House, the members club that opened on…
Columbia Road on a Flower Sunday: London’s Most Photogenic Market and Its Contradictions
Cyndi Himmelstiere on the flowers, the crowds, and what the market means to the neighbourhood around it LONDON, UK – Columbia Road flower market runs…
In Shoreditch the Beard, the Bicycle and the Flat White Are a Uniform
On a neighbourhood where conformity dresses up as individuality I write this from a cafe in Shoreditch, for The London Prat and our friends at…
Shoreditch Has Been Gentrifying Forever and Will Gentrify Until the End of Time
On a neighbourhood permanently displacing the people who just arrived Writing for The London Prat and Bohiney Magazine from the heart of Shoreditch, I want…
They Sell the Rebellion Now, Framed and at a Markup
On street art, the commodification of the underground, and the price of cool This column comes via The London Prat and Bohiney Magazine from Shoreditch,…
Everything in Shoreditch Is a Pop-Up, Including, Possibly, Shoreditch
On the economy of the temporary and the tyranny of novelty For The London Prat and Bohiney Magazine, I report from Shoreditch, where nothing stays…
Everyone in Shoreditch Has a Project, and No One Has a Job
On the creative life, the side hustle, and work that is not quite work Writing for The London Prat and Bohiney Magazine, I want to…
