Background Quote by Asim Chaudhry

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my…

— Sharon Horgan

A lot of the people that I spoke to, we are all stars in Hackney, and when it is our time to shine, it…

— Jay Blades

I used to think of Hackney in a really good light, now it's too much linked to slavery, too much. And then you're a…

— Jay Blades

Loud sounds are everywhere.

— Ben Howard

It's unbelievable what I discovered within Hackney. Just meeting my old mates, but also meeting historians that knew everything about it.

— Jay Blades

I live in London, where you're assaulted, from the minute you wake up. Your head becomes like a hive of bees, with all the…

— Douglas Henshall

When I walk down the street people shout from their cars and their vans.

— Georgia Toffolo

I felt proud of Hackney before but now even more so with the history. Some of the history is dark, but you still understand,…

— Jay Blades

Yes, Hackney has got more expensive, but so has rest of London

— Meg Hillier

I do think about moving out of London a lot, whether that's L.A., whether that's Margate with half of the other Hackneyites.

— Zawe Ashton

The police don't look at you as long when they drive past. Sometimes they don't look at you at all. In South Central, you've…

— Ice Cube

Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump bin of…

— Iain Sinclair