Analysis
‘What date did Hamas attack Israel?’ – inside the council’s 7 October blunder
Internal messages reveal officers had moved the closing date forward from the end of October
tit-bits
Pumping iron
Read more from the bird that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Food
Residents can claim unused council land to grow food under new pilot
Groups of five or more people can apply for verges, vacant plots and land around council buildings, with the first ten schemes to be approved this year
Stage
Olivier winner Dickson Mbi brings TELLUS home to Stratford
The choreographer weaves popping, contemporary dance and his parents’ folk tales into a climate parable
art
Hackney estate film club lands first-ever retrospective of PJ Harvey collaborator Maria Mochnacz
Morland Estate Film Club’s curator says the free night shows residents that events like this are possible “on their doorstep”
Books
Hackney pupils add their tales to 1.5-metre travelling book
Around 300 children joined Ministry of Stories workshops on Kingsland Road for a national project
Music
Hackney estate film club lands first-ever retrospective of PJ Harvey collaborator Maria Mochnacz
Morland Estate Film Club’s curator says the free night shows residents that events like this are possible “on their doorstep”
