Results tagged “Hackney”

Artist Yinka Shonibare's fourth plinth artwork Nelson's Ship In A Bottle captures the essence of contemporary Britain with its reflection of a glorious past, a comment on diversity and a wry sense of humour.

That handy visual metaphor for old and new is one of the key reasons the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich wants the piece as the jewel in the crown of the new Sammy Ofer wing.

It's business as usual for the organisers of the London Olympics despite the widespread rioting across the capital.

Several nights of trouble, including in host boroughs Newham, Greenwich and Hackney, will not prevent the scheduled test events taking place.

The East End was originally considered to be the district outside the medieval walled City of London, north of the river.

Today such an area would consist of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with some of the southern part of Hackney.

DJs Sara Cox and Trevor Nelson are broadcasting live from the Olympic Park today (May 23) to launch next summer's BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend.

X-Factor winner Leona Lewis who was born in the borough performed on stage during the show at the Hackney Empire announcing her role in Radio 1's largest ever live music event.

A host borough for the 2012 Olympics has admitted it plans to buy tickets with taxpayers' money but has promised they will be given to promising young athletes.

Hackney has become the first council of the five to announce it was taking up the offer from Games organisers Locog of 100 tickets for various events.

I now know what Lady Gaga's meat outfit was made from - most likely a rib-eye hat and veal escalopes for shoes.

A butchery class with The Ginger Pig gives a whole new meaning to the phrase meat sweats. This hands-on experience is heavy duty work.

All you drivers out there, you don't know how lucky you are.

I confess, as a four-wheeled motorist I too was spoilt. All you need to do to answer the question "Where can I park?" is to look out of your window. And there you have it - a collection of signs, symbols and detailed passages of text telling you exactly when, where and for how long you're allowed to stop and abandon your vehicle.

East London's very own Leona Lewis will make her touring debut next year and has included two dates at The O2.

The former X-Factor winner, who made her first live appearance at Hackney Empire last week, will play the arena on June 12 and 14 as part of a 10-date tour of Britain and Ireland.