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A Hackney estate’s community hall will be demolished after planning permission was given the green light on Wednesday.
V&A reveals new creative vision for V&A East, alongside first acquisitions Materials from the V&As Archive of Art and Design, prepared to move to V&A East Storehouse. © Jamie Stoker. Image Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London. LONDON .- Today, Director Gus Casely-Hayford revealed further details about V&A East, the V&As new national museum complex in east London. One of the worlds most significant new museum projects, V&A East will comprise two sister sites currently under construction in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Opening at Here East in 2024, V&A East Storehouse offers a...
But despite advancing years and a health scare the prince is said to have kept up with youngsters from Laburnum Boat Club and Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth charity. The Duke of Edinburgh visited young people at Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth on February 21 in 2012. - Credit: Archant The prince had been hospitalised with heart problems the previous Christmas and watched young people narrow boating, rock climbing, and pancake making at Laburnum Boat Club along the Regents Canal in Haggerston, even getting involved himself. “The prince was very good considering hi...
Chiara Wilkinson, @chiarawilkinson Colette Allen (left) and Polly Mann outside Hackney Quest on Poole Road. - Credit: Andrew Leo The director of a Hackney charity is nominated as the borough’s lockdown hero for BBC Radio London’s Make a Difference Hero campaign on Sunday. Originally from Edinburgh, Colette Allen has worked at the youth charity Hackney Quest for 20 years and was nominated by the council in the scheme honouring those making a difference to their local communities during the Covid pandemic. Based on Poole Road, the charity has 100 volunteers and works to provide mentori...