Hackney
About Hackney
Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in Hackney in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by The Guardian as "the most beautiful theatre in London" it is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. In 2021, pop singer Leona Lewis became the patron of the Empire.
On the show — 17 mentions total
I'd be happy to change Hackney into Sky Sports if they gave me free Sky Sports. I think I'd sell my town's name immediately for a bag of sweets.
from 44: No Such Thing As A Vegan Fryup, 2015-01-24 at 00:29:14 · read transcript
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That borough, Newham, is the most physically inactive borough in the whole of the UK. Oh, wow. That's good. Yeah. That's where I live. Is it? I live in Hackney, but I'm literally, I'm 10 minutes away from Stratford. 39.17% of people in Newham take no exercise at all. Where's Newark? Stratford's... Is 10 minutes away from where you live? But I've never heard... He couldn't be asked to go there.
No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics, 2014-11-28 · listen
At the Nomean Games, it was Celery, which you won, which I find very pleasing. Where the Olympics were held in 2012 in London, that borough Neum is the most physically inactive borough in the whole of the UK. That's where I live. I live in Hackney, but I'm literally, I'm 10 minutes away from Stratford. 39.17% of people in Neum take no exercise at all. Where's Neum? Stratford is 10 minutes away from where you live.
37: No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics, 2014-11-28 · listen
We know that by about the 1820s. These weird little holdouts happened, didn't they? Cross society. Coachmen kept going until the 1820s. Bishops stopped in 1832 by royal permission. They said, we don't want to wear these anymore. Cool people who live in the Hackney today, for instance, like myself, we're always wearing periwigs. Right. It's you guys embarrasseders, James, because... Baristas and barristers. Very, very strong. Nice.
No Such Thing As A Danquito, 2021-08-27 · listen
No. But they went out of fashion. We know that by about the 1820s, but these weird little holdouts happened, didn't they, across society. Coachmen kept going until the 1820s. Bishops stopped in 1832 by royal permission. They said, we don't want to wear these anymore. Cool people who live in the Hackney today, for instance, like myself. We're always wearing periwigs. Right. It's you guys and barristers, James, because... Barristers and barristers.
388: No Such Thing As A Danquito, 2021-08-27 · listen
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