Hammer & Tongue (Hackney)

Grab a pint and witness strangers blaze through poems judged by their peers.

In a pub buzzing with anticipation, Hammer & Tongue mixes amateurs and seasoned poets in a slam where the audience holds the power. Expect righteous rants, tender confessions and political fire; judges are pulled from the crowd and there are no celebrities, only voices. It's a local institution where ordinary people shake the walls with extraordinary words.