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29/05/2026

Introducing Winstan Whitter ( ): Hackney-based filmmaker, skateboarder, lightworker, and collaborator of the Hackney History Festival.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Winstan after the screening of a few of his films at the Rio Cinema last week.

Stick around to learn more about the ways in which growing up in Hackney has shaped his filmmaking practice.

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FINAL WEEKEND of Hackney History Festival ✨What a legendary run this has been. The energy, the stories, the atmosphere —...
29/05/2026

FINAL WEEKEND of Hackney History Festival ✨

What a legendary run this has been. The energy, the stories, the atmosphere — absolutely unforgettable.

This is your last chance to experience it before it’s over. Tickets are going fast, so don’t wait until everything’s sold out.

See you this weekend for the grand finale✌️

Hackney’s skyline has been shaped by faith for over a thousand years. ⛪️🕌🕍This Saturday, architectural historian Billy H...
22/05/2026

Hackney’s skyline has been shaped by faith for over a thousand years. ⛪️🕌🕍
This Saturday, architectural historian Billy Hurley Reading traces the borough’s remarkable built history — from medieval churches to mosques, synagogues to gurdwaras. Buildings that hold centuries of shared memory, shifting beliefs, and changing communities.
🗓 Sat 23 May, 4–5 PM
📍 St Barnabas, Shacklewell Row, E8 2EA
🎟 Free — reserve your place via link in bio
📌 Save this so you don’t forget.

20/05/2026

CAZENOVE WARD STORIES brings together four short documentaries exploring community, memory and local change across Hackney.

Book now: riocinema.org.uk

Hackney History Festival is in full swing — and this week is packed. 💚Some events are already sold out, so don’t sleep o...
19/05/2026

Hackney History Festival is in full swing — and this week is packed. 💚
Some events are already sold out, so don’t sleep on these☝️
Full programme — link in bio to reserve your spot.

📌 Save this post — your guide to the best of Hackney History Festival this week.

18/05/2026

For over a century, the young women of Hackney have walked through these doors and left ready to take on the world.

Join us on 19 May for a free evening event tracing the remarkable history of Clapton Girls’ Academy — from the London Orphan Asylum of 1826 to the school it is today.

📍 Clapton Girls‘ Academy, Laura Place, E5 0RB
🕔 5:00–6:00 PM
🎟 Free — reserve your place via link in bio.

Hackney has its own gravel. Named after it. And there might be Jurassic rock underneath.Most people have no idea what’s ...
13/05/2026

Hackney has its own gravel. Named after it. And there might be Jurassic rock underneath.

Most people have no idea what’s beneath the streets they walk every day. This talk changes that.

50 million years of London Clay. A chalk layer that provided water for centuries. A vanished river called the Hackney Brook. And the question nobody has thought to ask: was there ever Jurassic rock under Hackney?

Beneath your feet: the geology of Hackney
with Diana Clements, London Geodiversity Partnership

Saturday 16 May · 4:00–4:50pm
Round Chapel, £3
Tickets → link in bio

Did you know Hackney had its own gravel?

Tag someone who’d find this as fascinating as we do 👇

There’s an Elizabethan monument in Stoke Newington with a Latin epitaph no one has ever translated. Until now.In 1581, a...
12/05/2026

There’s an Elizabethan monument in Stoke Newington with a Latin epitaph no one has ever translated. Until now.

In 1581, a Latin epitaph was carved onto a monument inside St Mary’s Old Church. Written by someone who moved in Elizabethan poetic circles...

The author’s name? Still anonymous. After 444 years.

This talk offers the first public translation, explores the world of John Dudley (Lord of the Manor who died in 1580) and speculates on who might have written the most mysterious inscription in Hackney.

Sunday 17 May · 1:00–1:50pm
Chat’s Palace, E9 · £3
Tickets → link in bio

Tag someone who loves a good historical mystery 👇

11/05/2026

Ever wondered what lies beneath your feet?

Join us on Saturday, May 16th at the Round Chapel to learn all about the geology of Hackney. 🪨

Your guide to Hackney History Festival 11–17 MayA week packed with talks, guided walks, tours and live events — from Hox...
11/05/2026

Your guide to Hackney History Festival 11–17 May

A week packed with talks, guided walks, tours and live events — from Hoxton Hall to the canals of Hackney, from prefabs in Clapton to the geology beneath your feet.

Highlights this week:
🏛 Monday 11 — Hoxton Hall Tour with Dr Deborah Jeffries
🚢 Friday 15 — Canal Boat Trip + Old Firestation Open Event
🎤 Saturday 16 — 6 talks including Ghost Shop Signs, Hackney Suffragettes & A History of Hackney in Sound and Vision
🎯 Sunday 17 — Rock against Racism, LGBTQ+ history & the Hackney History Pub Quiz

Tickets from £3 — some events free
Full programme → link in bio
Which talk would you most want to attend? 👇

09/05/2026

“A History of Hackney in Sound & Vision” 🎶🎞️

A magical evening, courtesy of the Hackney Community Orchestra.

Don’t miss it!

Round Chapel, May 16th.

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