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# Made in Shoreditch Magazine

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- [Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada in 1962 by a Greek immigrant, who named it after the brand on the tin of pineapple he used](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/21/hawaiian-pizza-was-invented-in-canada-in-1962-by-a-greek-immigrant-who-named-it-after-the-brand-on-the-tin-of-pineapple-he-used/): Hawaiian pizza was first made in 1962 by Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant, at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario. He named it after the tinned pineapple and never patented it.
- [The Mona Lisa only became the world’s most famous painting after a former Louvre worker walked out with it on a Monday in August 1911, when the museum was closed](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/21/the-mona-lisa-only-became-the-worlds-most-famous-painting-after-a-former-louvre-worker-walked-out-with-it-on-a-monday-in-august-1911-when-the-museum-was-closed/): On Monday 21 August 1911 Vincenzo Peruggia took the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. It was missing for 28 months, and the theft is what turned it into the most famous painting in the world.
- [Cocktail bars in Shoreditch and Hoxton: where to drink, what a cocktail costs and when to book](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/21/cocktail-bars-in-shoreditch-and-hoxton-where-to-drink-what-a-cocktail-costs-and-when-to-book/): The best cocktail bars in Shoreditch and Hoxton, with what a cocktail costs at each, opening hours and booking rules: Nightjar, Callooh Callay, Happiness Forgets, Seed Library, Swift and Satan's Whiskers.
- [Smokestak and Manteca are throwing a £15 street party at Protein Studios in Shoreditch on 7 November to mark 15 years between them, with every penny going to charity](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/21/smokestak-and-manteca-are-throwing-a-15-street-party-at-protein-studios-in-shoreditch-on-7-november-to-mark-15-years-between-them-with-every-penny-going-to-charity/): Smokestak and Manteca host the XV Blok Party at Protein Studios, 31 New Inn Yard, on Saturday 7 November 2026, 6pm to 2am. Tickets £15 with a welcome cocktail. Proceeds go to Philoxenia.
- [Olivia Dean will play Hackney Church on 18 November for the East London charity You Make It, with tickets given out only through a £10 prize draw](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/21/olivia-dean-will-play-hackney-church-on-18-november-for-the-east-london-charity-you-make-it-with-tickets-given-out-only-through-a-10-prize-draw/): Olivia Dean plays Hackney Church on Wednesday 18 November 2026 for East London charity You Make It. Tickets come only from a Crowdfunder prize draw, from £10, which closes on 3 November.
- [Christmas in Shoreditch 2026: markets, late shopping and festive events in East London](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/christmas-in-shoreditch-2026-markets-late-shopping-and-festive-events-in-east-london/): Christmas 2026 in Shoreditch and East London: the Spitalfields light switch-on on 11 November, the TOAST festive market at Kachette, Sclater Street art market dates and more.
- [Old Spitalfields Market: opening times, food stalls and what is on each day of the week](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/old-spitalfields-market-opening-times-food-stalls-and-what-is-on-each-day-of-the-week/): Old Spitalfields Market is open every day. Opening times, the Thursday antiques market, the vinyl market, Urban Makers dates and the food traders in The Kitchens, checked October 2026.
- [The best pubs in Shoreditch and Hoxton, with beer gardens, Sunday roasts and real ale](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/the-best-pubs-in-shoreditch-and-hoxton-with-beer-gardens-sunday-roasts-and-real-ale/): Eight Shoreditch, Hoxton and Spitalfields pubs worth the trip, from the Owl & Pussycat's covered garden and Sunday roasts to cask ale at the Wenlock Arms, with addresses and hours.
- [Altar, a new music venue, bar and record shop in Leytonstone, opens on Friday 23 October with a free Simian Mobile Disco DJ set, and Louis Theroux is booked for 16 November](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/altar-a-new-music-venue-bar-and-record-shop-in-leytonstone-opens-on-friday-23-october-with-a-free-simian-mobile-disco-dj-set-and-louis-theroux-is-booked-for-16-november/): Altar, a music venue, bar and record shop at 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone, opens on 23 October with a free launch party. Alexis Taylor, Louis Theroux and Suggs are on its first bill.
- [BBE, the Hackney record shop and Black music label, faces a licence review over noise complaints from new flats across the street, and its petition has passed 10,000 signatures](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/bbe-the-hackney-record-shop-and-black-music-label-faces-a-licence-review-over-noise-complaints-from-new-flats-across-the-street-and-its-petition-has-passed-10000-signatures/): BBE's record shop and event space at Arch 376, Helmsley Place, faces a Hackney licence review over noise complaints. Its petition passed 10,000 signatures on 18 October.
- [Bershka has opened a nightclub-themed pop-up at 133 Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, with NTS DJ sets on Thursdays and Fridays until 1 November](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/20/bershka-has-opened-a-nightclub-themed-pop-up-at-133-bethnal-green-road-in-shoreditch-with-nts-dj-sets-on-thursdays-and-fridays-until-1-november/): Bershka's Shoreditch pop-up at 133 Bethnal Green Road sells its Bershka Series AW26 collection early and hosts NTS DJ sets on Thursdays and Fridays, 5pm to 7pm, until 1 November.
- [The Golden Gate Bridge is orange because its steel arrived in red lead primer and Irving Morrow, commuting by ferry, liked that colour enough to specify International Orange in April 1935. The US Navy wanted black and yellow stripes.](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/golden-gate-bridge-orange-red-lead-primer-international-orange/): Irving Morrow chose International Orange for the Golden Gate Bridge in 1935. The District says the Navy would have preferred black and yellow stripes.
- [Call of Duty built its Korean street inside a Shoreditch High Street billboard, with set builders, neon sign makers and a twin alley on Sunset Boulevard](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/call-of-duty-built-its-korean-street-inside-a-shoreditch-high-street-billboard-with-set-builders-neon-sign-makers-and-a-twin-alley-on-sunset-boulevard/): Omnicom Media built the Modern Warfare 4 Korean alley inside the billboards around a former car park at Electric Garden on Shoreditch High Street, with a twin in West Hollywood.
- [Alcohol-free bars in London after Club Soda’s Tasting Room closed: where to go for mocktails and zero-alcohol beer](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/alcohol-free-bars-in-london-after-club-sodas-tasting-room-closed-where-to-go-for-mocktails-and-zero-alcohol-beer/): Club Soda's Covent Garden Tasting Room closed in January 2026. Where to drink alcohol-free in London now, from the Lucky Saint pub to Redemption, Basement Sate and Dishoom Shoreditch.
- [Shoreditch area guide: where it starts and ends, how to get there and what each corner is known for](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/shoreditch-area-guide-where-it-starts-and-ends-how-to-get-there-and-what-each-corner-is-known-for/): A guide to Shoreditch in east London: which borough it is in, where Hoxton and Haggerston fit, the nearest stations and postcodes, and what to see on each of its main streets.
- [Lunch in Shoreditch: cheap eats, takeaways and sit-down lunches near Brick Lane and Arnold Circus](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/lunch-in-shoreditch-cheap-eats-takeaways-and-sit-down-lunches-near-brick-lane-and-arnold-circus/): Where to eat lunch in Shoreditch, from 24-hour beigels on Brick Lane and £3.95 pizzas to Rochelle Canteen at Arnold Circus, with addresses and opening hours.
- [Sergei Loznitsa’s Imperium, a documentary built from 1970s Italian footage of Soviet life, wins Best Film at the 70th BFI London Film Festival](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/19/sergei-loznitsas-imperium-a-documentary-built-from-1970s-italian-footage-of-soviet-life-wins-best-film-at-the-70th-bfi-london-film-festival/): Sergei Loznitsa's documentary Imperium won Best Film at the 70th BFI London Film Festival. The full list of 2026 award winners, juries and what happens next with the Audience Award.
- [Social bingo in London: Hijingo in Shoreditch, Dabbers in Hackney and the City, and Bongo’s Bingo](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/18/social-bingo-in-london-hijingo-in-shoreditch-dabbers-in-hackney-and-the-city-and-bongos-bingo/): Where to play social bingo in London, from Hijingo on Worship Street in Shoreditch to Dabbers on Mare Street and Houndsditch and Bongo's Bingo nights, with ticket prices.
- [Shoreditch High Street guide: the Roman road, St Leonard’s church, Boxpark, the Tea Building and where to eat](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/18/shoreditch-high-street-guide-the-roman-road-st-leonards-church-boxpark-the-tea-building-and-where-to-eat/): A guide to Shoreditch High Street in London, from Roman Ermine Street and St Leonard's church to the 2010 station, Boxpark, the Tea Building and One Hundred Shoreditch.
- [Saunas in East London: where to sweat in Hackney Wick, Hoxton, Shoreditch and Canary Wharf, with prices](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/18/saunas-in-east-london-where-to-sweat-in-hackney-wick-hoxton-shoreditch-and-canary-wharf-with-prices/): Community Sauna Baths in Hackney Wick, Banya No.1 in Hoxton, Sauna & Plunge near Old Street, Rooftop Saunas in Hackney and the Canary Wharf sauna boat, with October 2026 prices.
- [Activision built a Korean back alley from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in a car park on Shoreditch High Street, with nightly fire effects only London gets](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/18/activision-built-a-korean-back-alley-from-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-in-a-car-park-on-shoreditch-high-street-with-nightly-fire-effects-only-london-gets/): Activision and Omnicom built a replica of the Korean alley from Modern Warfare 4 at Electric Garden, 201-207 Shoreditch High Street, ahead of the game's 23 October launch.
- [The Statesman, KAREN and Oscar at the Crown: three London shows in the Made in Shoreditch archive](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/17/the-statesman-karen-and-oscar-at-the-crown-three-london-shows-in-the-made-in-shoreditch-archive/): Quentin Beroud, Sarah Cameron-West and Hamish Greer on three fringe shows that Made in Shoreditch covered. Venues in Camden, Soho and Tottenham Court Road.
- [Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett and Steve McCourt on masks and casting the audience as the protagonist](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/17/punchdrunks-felix-barrett-and-steve-mccourt-on-masks-and-casting-the-audience-as-the-protagonist/): Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle on The Drowned Man, and Steve McCourt on Punchdrunk Enrichment's Fireside Tales. Archive interviews with the Paddington venue corrected.
- [Marshmallows posted as letters: FundApps, Boomf and Splittable founders on the Silicon Roundabout years](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/17/marshmallows-posted-as-letters-fundapps-boomf-and-splittable-founders-on-the-silicon-roundabout-years/): Andrew White, Andy Bell and Nicholas Katz on building FundApps, Boomf and Splittable around Old Street. Quotes from the Made in Shoreditch archive, with 2026 company status.
- [Club Empire opens at the Empire Tavern on Mare Street on 7 November, tickets from £5](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/17/club-empire-opens-at-the-empire-tavern-on-mare-street-on-7-november-tickets-from-5/): Club Empire launches at Empire Tavern on Mare Street, Hackney, on 7 November. Friday and Saturday 10pm-2am, tickets £5 to £8, Mixmag and Resident Advisor report.
- [City Hall has approved an 18-storey tower and 78 homes in the heart of Shoreditch, despite Hackney officers calling it obtrusive](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/16/city-hall-approves-shoreditch-works-18-storey-tower-78-homes/): London's deputy mayor has approved Shoreditch Works, with 78 homes and an 18-storey tower, after Hackney planning officers urged refusal.
- [Brick Lane in 2026: curry houses, bagel shops, vintage rails and street art](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/16/brick-lane-in-2026-curry-houses-bagel-shops-vintage-rails-and-street-art/): A guide to Brick Lane in 2026: 24-hour beigel shops, curry houses, the vintage market, Rough Trade, street art and the history of its church-turned-mosque.
- [Get to Columbia Road early: how to do London’s Sunday flower market before the crowds](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/16/get-to-columbia-road-early-how-to-do-londons-sunday-flower-market-before-the-crowds/): Columbia Road Flower Market is open every Sunday from 8am to 3pm. When to arrive, how to get there, where to eat and how to avoid the biggest crowds.
- [Rivington Grill closed in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. Simon Wadham and Andrew Parkinson cooked there](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/16/rivington-grill-closed-in-2017-and-fifteen-in-2019-simon-wadham-and-andrew-parkinson-cooked-there/): The Rivington Grill shut in 2017 and Fifteen in 2019. What their chefs, and Merchants Tavern's Neil Borthwick, told Made in Shoreditch in the archive.
- [A self-guided Shoreditch street art walk: the streets to see and how long it takes](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/15/a-self-guided-shoreditch-street-art-walk-the-streets-to-see-and-how-long-it-takes/): A free 90-minute Shoreditch street art walk from Shoreditch High Street station: Holywell Lane, Rivington Street, Redchurch Street, Brick Lane and Hanbury Street.
- [Mad Cats, Bun House Disco and the rise of Shoreditch listening bars](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/15/mad-cats-bun-house-disco-and-the-rise-of-shoreditch-listening-bars/): What a listening bar is, and how Mad Cats on Redchurch Street and Bun House Disco near Brick Lane turned records, food and late nights into Shoreditch hits.
- [Fifteen years of Shoreditch creatives on walls, rent and making work in East London](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2026/10/15/fifteen-years-of-shoreditch-creatives-on-walls-rent-and-making-work-in-east-london/): Since 2011 Made in Shoreditch has interviewed 238 East London artists, DJs, chefs and founders. What they kept saying about walls, rent and access.
- [Afro house specialists Black Motion gives their take on Lisa Ramey’s ‘Better Than That’](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/15/afro-house-specialists-black-motion-gives-their-take-on-lisa-rameys-better-than-that/): Afro House aficionados Black Motion released a potent Afro-House remix of New York-based R&B singer Lisa Ramey’s hit ‘Better Than That’, on December 5th, 2025 via Lisa Ramey Music. Black Motion is a South African producer duo formed in 2010 by Thabo “Smol” Mabogwane and Bongani “Murdah Bongz” Mohosana, now consisting of founder Thabo Mabogwane and Kabelo “Problem Child Ten83” Koma. Renowned for their powerful percussion and rich African rhythms, they have released music on prominent record label, Defected Records and earned multiple South African Music Awards, including Best Duo/Group of the Year, certified Gold on their LP Fortune Teller, platinum and winner for Best Dance Album for Ya Badimo, while their 2024 album The Cradle of Art received four SAMA31 nominations. Additionally, they landed a performance on a NPR TIny Desk (Home) concert, cementing their status as one of South Africa’s most celebrated and influential dance music acts.
- [Ming Cheng Reframes Chekhov Through a Contemporary Theater Identity](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/15/ming-cheng-reframes-chekhov-through-a-contemporary-theater-identity/): Anton Chekhov’s significance in modern theater lies in his attention to the understated moments of human life. His plays rarely rely on dramatic resolution, instead unfolding through pauses, emotional hesitation, and the quiet presence of the natural world. Over time, this sensitivity has often been flattened by theatrical conventions that emphasize seriousness and historical weight, turning Chekhov into a symbol of tradition rather than an ongoing inquiry into how people live and relate to one another. Developed by designer Ming Cheng, this identity for a Chekhov-inspired theater institution begins by returning to that original attentiveness.
- [John Zaller of Exhibition Hub on building 7 Wonders of the World, the immersive show that ran on Commercial Street](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/12/john-zaller-7-wonders-of-the-world-immersive-experience/): Exhibition Hub executive producer John Zaller on how the 7 Wonders of the World immersive experience rebuilt lost ancient sites with 360-degree projection. The London run at 106 Commercial Street has closed.
- [Darren Raymond on the Social Power of Comedy of Errors Remixed](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/11/darren-raymond-comedy-of-errors-remixed-intermission-youth/): From since I have known we have been battling with racist attitudes in this country. In the last few years there seems to have been a bigger push to challenge these behaviours and things are slowly beginning to shift. Our Youth Theatre plays always tries to hold the mirror up to nature in an attempt to educate, provoke and hopefully create change for the better. We felt we could do this with the Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's play explores the issue of immigration, “the other”, something we as a nation are (unfortunately) all too familiar with. There was an opportunity to shed some light on the topic in a joyful way and remind people how better we can be if we learn to be at one with each other instead of against each other. It was an opportunity we had to seize.
- [Hieu Bui on Bringing Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine to London](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/11/hieu-bui-authentic-vietnamese-cuisine/): As a restaurateur, I’m always looking for inspiration wherever I go, whether it’s a small spot in Soho or the buzzing Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. I also make sure to return to Saigon and Hanoi twice a year to see friends and family. Those trips are really important, as they give me the chance to share my Vietnamese roots with my two children, Anne and Long.
- [Catherine Opie Exhibition: A Radical Take on Visibility at the NPG](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/10/catherine-opie-exhibition-a-radical-take-on-visibility-at-the-npg/): The upcoming Catherine Opie exhibition, titled To Be Seen, runs from 5 March to 31 May 2026. It promises to bring the margins to the centre. Opie has spent 30 years documenting communities often ignored by mainstream institutions. Now, her lens turns toward the very concept of the National Portrait Gallery itself.
- [Ben Haggarty on the Revival of Contemporary Storytelling in East London](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/10/ben-haggarty-crick-crack-club/): It starts with my love of the stories. Specifically traditional narratives – folktales, fairytales, epics and myths (as opposed to personal and original tales.) Traditional tales have existed for far longer than written narratives. They have been shaped by countless millions of anonymous mouths and ears and thus contain concentrated distillations of common ancestral experience. As a corpus of work, they directly address every conceivable question concerning human nature, from our greed and violence to our joy and compassion, because, as my colleague Hugh Lupton asks, ‘What contemporary issue has not always been a contemporary issue?’ In addition, a huge percentage of these stories– similar in plot and motif yet clothed in varying forms - are spread across the globe, speaking to a commonality of human experience.
- [How to make a photobook that feels like art](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/10/how-to-create-a-photobook-that-feels-like-art/): A practical guide to making a photobook: choosing a theme, cutting photos, ordering pages, using white space and picking paper and covers.
- [Shadi Al-Atallah on Creating an Immersive Exhibition of Queer Memory](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/08/shadi-al-atallah-cobra-immersive-exhibition/): I approached my research in whatever way felt natural for what I was thinking about. I think painting is a powerful medium, but it’s also limited in some ways. I wanted this show to feel like stepping into a portal where time and images warp and distort linearity and expectation. Sound is a very powerful way to evoke emotion, and the low quality of sound I extracted from the found footage feels haunting in its noise and texture. The footage itself is the centre of the show, which I took and reduced into shadows and light, silhouettes moving and merging. I projected the footage onto two layers of fabric suspended from the ceiling. I wanted this footage to be the anchor for everything else around it. The paintings in this show draw from themes of image, violence and intimacy and are more reflective, whereas the sculptural works pull elements out from the footage, an almost resurrection of a time and place that doesn’t exist.
- [Labour and Wait: 25 Years of Timeless Functional Design with Simon Watkins and Rachel Wythe-Moran](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/05/labour-and-wait-interview-timeless-functional-design/): At the time, there was so much overdesigned product in the marketplace. It seemed that everything had to have a ‘Designer’ name attached to it, or it wasn’t considered to be of any worth. In our opinion there was too much novelty in design, which we felt would make the products date very quickly.
- [Ollie Maddigan on His Darkly Comic Coming-of-Age Hit The Olive Boy](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/05/ollie-maddigan-the-olive-boy/): The Olive Boy is a universal story. If we are lucky enough to live what most people would call a normal life, there are two experiences we are almost guaranteed to face: growing up and grief. Grief is something that society often struggles to talk about, and I was no different. I found it incredibly hard, especially during my adolescence. I wrote the show because, in a strange way, I knew it was time. I am a writer, and writers are always told to write what they know. At that point in my life, all I truly knew was grief, so it became the only thing I felt able to explore. There was never a conscious decision for the show to be as open and honest as it is, but once I started writing about my own experiences, I could not hold anything back. I found it hilarious to look back at the stupidity of myself as a fifteen year old boy, and healing to revisit the pain I once felt, especially now that I can see what I did not know then: that things were going to get better.
- [Cressida Granger on the Evolution of the Iconic Mathmos Lava Lamp](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/04/iconic-lava-lamp-mathmos-cressida-granger/): Sabine has a unique, calm, pared-down style, combined with a command of colour, that offers a fresh perspective on our lava lamps. We have worked together in the past to create limited-edition Astro lava lamps, including a lamp for VitraHaus Loft in a deep burgundy colour, and another in white and yellow to celebrate Mathmos’ 60th anniversary.
- [Steve McCourt on the Power of Immersive Storytelling in Fireside Tales](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/03/steve-mccourt-punchdrunk-enrichment-immersive-storytelling/): It’s a show that looks to ignite the storyteller in everyone and, in many ways, that sums up Punchdrunk Enrichment’s mission. In my role as Associate Director, it was so clear how Pete (Higgin, Founding Artistic Director) values the imagination as a force for change. That belief has driven the organisation to where it is now and lives in the company’s DNA. It’s a founding principle of all our work and I’m proud to carry that ‘torch’ into our next chapter.
- [Interview: mïus on ‘Worthy’ and Following Your Own Artistic Path](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/03/interview-mius-on-worthy-and-following-your-own-artistic-path/): Hungarian producer and multidisciplinary artist mïus returns with ‘Worthy’, a mesmeric new single released on Théque Records, created in collaboration with the otherworldly vocalist HALOSARA. mïus — the sonic persona of Gergely Álmos — has long been celebrated for blending atmospheric electronics with a strong visual sensibility, a style that has earned him millions of streams and support from tastemakers including BBC Radio 6 and Mixmag. On ‘Worthy’, he continues to blur the lines between music and design, constructing an immersive sound environment where emotion and precision converge. HALOSARA’s airy, translucent vocals drift through layers of downtempo percussion and sparse piano motifs, resulting in a track that meditates on vulnerability, connection, and the quiet strength of accepting oneself.
- [Walud: A Cinematic Exploration of Female Agency in Eastern Syria](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/02/walud-film-female-agency/): The film centers the pressure on women in very conservative parts of society to be mothers to boys and explores what happens if – for whatever reason – this is not fulfilled. The inspiration for this story lies within Daoods biography: He grew up with four older sisters. All of them have kids today – but only one has given birth to girls and just recently Daood had the chance to have a full conversation with his sister about this time of her life. She shared how hard this was for her, how all the pressure was on her and she got all the blame for something that has no reason when no one to blame. So, these shared emotions stayed with Daood for a long time after they had the actual talk. When he came back from visiting her in Qatar we talked a lot about how patriarchal societies tend to use the same logic and rules, the same patterns of guilt and shame all around the world to cage in women and how the life of a son might be understood as more valuable than a girl’s. As we got the feeling that this topic is both relevant and very close to our hearts we decided to develop a short fiction film from it and placed it into the world of eastern Syria where Daood grew up and experienced the rise of the ISIS as a young adult. We thought the ISIS as an extreme group with radical patriarchal structure would be a good setting to explore female agency in a system that leaves little choice. As soon as we knew the ISIS would be part of the story we knew we had to include a European ISIS convert as a bridge into the west to highlight that these structures are intertwined worldwide as we wanted to ensure that the film would not feel like an “over there problem” when watched by a western audience.
- [Boundary Shoreditch Rooftop Transforms Into an Elegant Alpine Winter Retreat](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/12/01/boundary-shoreditch-rooftop-alpine-winter-retreat/): Shoreditch shifts its rhythm noticeably when the temperature drops, sending people searching for warmth and comfort. Standing tall above the Redchurch Street bustle, the Boundary Shoreditch rooftop reimagines its summer terrace as a sophisticated winter sanctuary. This season, the venue trades sun-soaked lounging for the intimate, glowing atmosphere of a traditional Alpine lodge.
- [Fanglin Luo: The Rainmaker](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/11/30/fanglin-luo-the-rainmaker/): Entering Fanglin Luo’s solo exhibition The Rainmaker, one does not simply encounter a series of artworks but is immediately absorbed into the atmospheric presence of Gallery46 itself. The Victorian townhouse, with its creaking wooden floors, elongated rooms, shifting natural light, and textured walls, offers a spatial sensibility that feels both intimate and ritualistic. Far from a neutral white cube, the space becomes a vessel capable of holding transformation, invocation, and rebirth—an architecture that allows Luo’s work to breathe, echo, and unfold in real time. The moment one steps inside, it becomes clear that the relationship between space and artwork is not one of backdrop and object, but one of co-creation.
- [Eve Hennings on StolenSpace Gallery and how Shoreditch’s art scene changed around it](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/2025/11/30/stolenspace-gallery-art/): Eve Hennings co-founded StolenSpace Gallery on Osborn Street. She talks about the gallery and the neighbourhood around it.

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- [Newsletter](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/newsletter/): The latest on creativity and innovation, from Shoreditch and well beyond. One email a day with our newest stories about the people, ideas and businesses changing how things get made.
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- [Magazine](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/magazine/): Made in Shoreditch began in 2011 as a print magazine about Shoreditch and later moved online. Below are issues and event videos from the archive.
- [About Made in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/about-us/): Since 2011, Made in Shoreditch has been telling the stories of the people who make things in East London: painters and printmakers, chefs and bar owners, founders, designers, musicians and the odd inventor. What started as a neighbourhood magazine became an archive of hundreds of conversations about what it takes to make something new.

## Categories
- [AI & Web3 Startups](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/innovation-in-london/top-startups-in-london/ai-web3-startups-in-london/)
- [Business Growth & Strategy](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/innovation-in-london/business-growth/)
- [Creative Events](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/creative-events-london/)
- [Creative Living](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/life/)
- [Creatives & Creators](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/interviews-with-creatives/): Creatives & Creators shaping London’s culture through art, design, music, innovation, and fresh ideas.
- [Creativity & Culture](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/): Exploring London’s creativity and culture through the people, projects, and events shaping the city today.
- [Design](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/design-in-london/)
- [Dining in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/dining-in-shoreditch/)
- [Entrepreneurs & Innovators](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/innovation-in-london/london-entrepreneurs-innovators/): Celebrating Entrepreneurs & Innovators reshaping London through startups, tech, and creative ambition.
- [Entrepreneurs in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/entrepreneurs-in-shoreditch/): Shoreditch has its own kind of founder energy — fast, scrappy, creative, and proudly East London. This category spotlights the entrepreneurs who build, launch, and hustle right here in the neighbourhood. While our Entrepreneurs & Innovators category covers London’s wider creative and tech landscape, this space is dedicated specifically to Shoreditch-based founders and the businesses growing out of EC1, E1, and beyond.
- [Events in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/things-to-do-in-shoreditch/events-in-shoreditch/)
- [Fashion & Style](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/fashion-style-in-london/)
- [Guide to Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/guide-to-shoreditch/): Your essential Guide to Shoreditch, covering the area’s culture, stories, local spots, creative scene, and neighbourhood highlights.
- [Hotels in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/hotels-in-shoreditch/)
- [Innovation & Tech](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/innovation-in-london/): Discover the startups, tech pioneers, and future-shaping innovations redefining London’s creative and entrepreneurial scene.
- [Music](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/music-in-london/)
- [Performing Arts](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/performing-arts/)
- [Shopping in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/shopping-in-shoreditch/)
- [Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/): Welcome to our Shoreditch — the place to explore local stories, food, nightlife, culture, and everything that shapes this East London neighbourhood.
- [Shoreditch News](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/shoreditch-news/)
- [Shoreditch Nightlife](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/shoreditch-nightlife/)
- [Startups in London](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/innovation-in-london/top-startups-in-london/)
- [Street Art](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/street-art-in-london/)
- [Things To Do in Shoreditch](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/shoreditch/things-to-do-in-shoreditch/): Discover the best things to do in Shoreditch—from hidden bars to street art tours, indie markets, and creative hotspots.
- [Visual Arts](https://madeinshoreditch.co.uk/category/creativity-in-london/visual-arts/)