Tag: eastlondon

O-Food: Nordic Pop-Up Fish & Vegetarian Sandwich Bar In Shoreditch

I always longed to be the kind of girl who could survive on a croissant and coffee a day – all inspired by Jean Rhys’s short stories detailing the waifishly chic existence of beautiful lost girls in Paris – but the reality is what you really need is a good sandwich, and one that is as healthy…

Suicide Blonde Digitally Printed Leather Accessories

Heart Of A Fool card holder Love discovering cool brands doing something slightly different and with a sustainable edge to boot. Designed by Hackney-based designer Estelle Lordonne (she lives and works off Mare Street), the pieces are handmade by local leather manufacturers in small quantities with a focus on sourcing sustainable and carbon neutral…

South Place Hotel Opens in East London

The first luxury hotel from restaurant group D&D (formerly Conran Restaurants) opens this week just minutes from Liverpool Street station in the City. The gorgeous interiors are by Conran + Partners, there are bespoke artworks in each of the 80 rooms and the lobby is home to a sculpture by Royal College of Art MA graduate Zemer…

Love Flowers: Oriole & Thistle and Wild At Heart

Flowers by Nikki Tibbles Wild At Heart I’ve been the lucky recipient of some of the most wonderful flowers recently. A lavish bouquet of garden roses from Nikki Tibbles Wild At Heart (the florist at Liberty’s) and a beautifully fresh and wild posy of freesias, veronicas, lisianthus and larkspur from Hackney’s own boutique florist and small art gallery Oriole & Thistle run…

Sunday afternoons in the park by the river

Blissful Sunday afternoons. Love a park far removed from the frantic dervish of many of London’s better known green spaces. This one is sleepy and next to a canal full of houseboats. Springfield Park. Keep it on the quiet. The building on the bottom right is one we pass to get to the park and used to…