Join us on Wednesday 28th for a special tour by Hackney Tours for changemakers 6heads, an experiment in shared learning (book here)… “If we are to better the future, we must disturb the present” …it could be the mission statement of a modern day innovator in East London
Month: October 2015
WALKS THIS WEEKEND: RADICAL STOKEY OR CONNECT WITH CLAPTON
two walk weekend coming up again… At 2pm on Saturday you can join Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour Party for a fundraising edition of the Subversive Stoke Newington walk. Find out why it’s the ‘Village that Changed the World’ (Facebook event link here or book on Eventbrite here). Then at 10.30am on Sunday you can…
Art Everywhere for Everyone – Beauty is Where You Find It
Imagine a world with art and beauty on every corner? Who doesn’t want some of that? Yet maybe it already exists, we just need to see it? At Hackney Tours we’ve become fascinated by state and its effects on how we see the world.
Curiosity, the wonder of Hackney, and running tours
Curiosity about the world is what drives Hackney Tours. How does it work? How do we make sense of it? How can we best be in it, appreciate, enjoy and ultimately improve it? The underlying philosophy is to be really fully alive, out there in the world in a physically and mentally healthy state. because…
The Original Suffragette – Hackney Hero Mary Wollstonecraft
The big movie release this week is Suffragette, but 100 years before the Pankhurst-led push for suffrage, a Hackney-based hero was scandalising the establishment by suggesting a woman could be a man’s equal. She is the star of our polemical walk ‘Feminist (Or Is It?) Stoke Newington’. Often referred to as the ‘founder of modern…
Connect with Clapton: explore extraordinary E5
WANT TO REALLY KNOW EAST LONDON? There’s more to Clapton than you would imagine. It’s been an international border and played a key role in the growth of London. It’s still vital to the wellbeing of the city today and is helping keep our capital alive. But this is just words on the web; the…
Hackney Tours: East LDN Creative Exploration 