Hackney History Festival is back this May – with more walks, talks, workshops and guided tours than last year’s hugely successful inaugural event which comprised: –
- 1679 participants
- 49 events
- 24 talks
- 10 walks
- 12 guided tours
- 2 film screenings
- And a quiz
This year we’re at the much bigger Round Chapel on Saturday 10th May with talks including Hackney Council at 60 with Tony Travers; Tales from Hackney’s Memory Palaces; Spotting local history everywhere; From Hooghly to Hackney: Hidden Histories of Empire, Race and Migration and the launch of From Hackney With Love: An Intimate History of Regeneration, Gentrification and Belonging by Richard Yeboah.
On Sunday 11th May we’re taking over the whole of Sutton House, meaning we can have talks in three different rooms and so offer a wider range. Highlights include ; Sue Doe’s highlights of Women from Hackney’s History; High Art and Low Life in 1990s Hoxton; Hackney and the East India Company, Invasion of the middle-class lefties plus many more. As last year, we’ll end with a pub quiz.
On Saturday 17th May Hackney Archives is hosting a whole day of short talks, films and tours culminating with a talk about the Peace Mural. We’ll then proceed to the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden for an “after party”!
On Sunday 18th May afternoon there will be a workshop session run by the Wikimedia Foundation on editing Wikipedia. So local historians will be helped to ensure their research is publicly available.
As last year there will also be a wide range of walks and satellite events throughout May, including tours of 195 Mare Street; Hackney Empire the Town Hall; and the Mildmay Club. There will also be narrated boat rides from Laburnum Boat Club, an opera at Hoxton Hall, talks on the Olympic Legacy at Here East, and 4 film screenings. The full programme is on our website. and attached tickets are on sale now, many sold out quickly last year so don’t miss out.