Be part of a team in a once-in-a-lifetime experience running Europe, like here on the former Iron Curtain in 2009. There were once so many Germans in Hackney that there was a German Hospital in Dalston; a little bit of digging in the local archives soon brings up mentions of the Germanic presence in places…
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Gentrification: Is Our Art & Coffee Costing The Neighbourhood?
“It is at best a misunderstanding, and at worst a harmful lie, to portray the cultural sector as an ally of low-income groups. Campaigners against gentrification should resist every art gallery, craft workshop, or new media centre. The first art gallery in a working-class neighbourhood is a sure sign, that gentrification is imminent. “Keep them…
Hackney Tours Berlin Wall Run in Hackney Gazette
Hackney Gazette covered our Wall run last week in Berlin. It was partly about Berlin and the old German Democratic Republic, but it was also about Hackney. In 2009 Hackney Tours ran the former Iron Curtain with a team of ‘East’ and ‘West’ Germans to celebrate 20 years since the Wall fell (see Running the…
Talking Gentrification at Germany’s Documenta Art Fair
Documenta is Germany’s 5-yearly art fair in the relatively quiet city of Kassel. Almost completely destroyed by British bombers in WW2, the new city has been hosting this massive event since 1955 as part of a ‘fresh start’ for a then new Federal Republic of Germany. Along with academic Sarah Scarsbrook, Hackney Tours was invited…
Hackney Tours: East LDN Creative Exploration 