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Richard Yeboah is a writer, public servant and historian from Hackney, East London with a strong interest in local history, public policy and urbanism, and has written on a variety of political and social issues over the last ten years. Richard's long-anticipated book "From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification" was published in May 2025 and is a part-history, part-memoir reflecting on the dramatic physical, socioeconomic and cultural transformation of Hackney over the last few decades.
Richard says: "Writing From Hackney, With Love has been a real journey in exploring the impact of gentrification on Hackney's past, present and future communities, revealing the very personal impact gentrification has had on many people throughout the borough, including me. But the book should also resonate with other inner-city communities in London, other parts of the UK and across the world who are affected by gentrification.
This event is part of Abney Park Trust's 2025 "Radical Writers" festival. The festival explores the works of writers inspired by Abney's and Hackney's diverse history of radical thought and action. We’ll be joined by scribes from across an array of genres, disciplines and backgrounds. And we’ll be thinking about radicalism in many senses – old, new, cultural, political, social and beyond. To see the full line up and book tickets for other events, visit abneypark.org/radicalwriters.
Special thanks to our sponsor, local butcher and deli Meat N16, for their generous support of the festival.