Remember those evenings crammed into a pub basement, swapping stories with fellow journalists, developers, and data nerds? If you were part of the Hacks/Hackers LDN scene, you'll know exactly what we mean. And good news: it's coming back.Hacks/Hackers LDN - or #HHLdn to those in the know - brought together "hacks" (journalists) and "hackers" (technologists) from 2010 onwards. The idea was simple but brilliant: get the people who tell stories in a room with the people who build tools, and see what happens. Over the years, it grew into a community of more than 4,000 members, with monthly meet-ups, weekend entrepreneurship events, and the occasional summer picnic thrown in for good measure.What started as a pub meet-up grew into massive gatherings with waiting lists of 600 people. Pubs were swapped for venues like Google and Twitter HQs and mini-hamburgers made their appearance alongside top-calibre speakers.Then the pandemic hit.........

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