Features
2018 – A divisive twelve months, but greener pastures await (in Hackney at least!)
We look back at a year in which the political atmosphere in the UK has been poisonous, but one that showed Hackney is doing its bit for the atmosphere that really matters – the one that keeps us alive
Read MoreMaking Her Mark: new exhibition shows that women’s activism in Hackney didn’t end after 1918
The stories of Hackney’s female activists over the past century are being celebrated at Hackney Museum – plus, a chance to nominate your own inspirational local women
Read MoreMostly ghostly: a whistlestop tour of Hackney’s spirit world
With Halloween haunting the horizon, we bring you ghost stories! Read about the supernatural tenants of one of Hackney’s oldest buildings Sutton House, and learn Dalston’s history of occult investigations – featuring a ‘scandal that shook Victorian spiritualism to the core’…
Read MoreHackney’s new barbershops: crews, cuts and cultural communities
Barbershops associated with particular identities and interests are joining traditional haircutters on Hackney’s high streets
Read More“We’ll be unemployed”: meet the locals caught up in Hackney Wick’s ‘Industrial Devolution’
Non-profit LandSky & The Yard theatre partner up for new interview project aiming to bring voices of the Wick to life
Read MoreNew phone app to gift locals a “poetic satnav” of Hackney and its history
a hackney autobiography, created by social enterprise On The Record, uses the oral history, music and GPS technology to create spellbinding ‘audio tours’
Read MoreThey shall not pass! Commemorating the Battle of Cable Street
This month a series of events marks 80 years since this defining episode in East London’s history
Read MoreWhy birdwatching is the new favourite pastime for East Londoners
Long considered the preserve of the uncool, birdwatching is fast gaining in popularity among city dwellers
Read MoreTom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: 'It gave my art a meaning and a purpose'
The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save
Read MoreTom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: ‘It gave my art a meaning and a purpose’
The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save
Read MoreA celebration of the body: the work of performance artist Poppy Jackson
Poppy Jackson, who caused a stir last November with a performance that saw her sit naked on the roof of Toynbee Hall, talks about the wider significance of artwork and the female body in public spaces
Read MoreShaping up in Hackney: one man's quest for physical perfection
Mansoor Iqbal tries out different ways of getting fit as part of an ‘exercise odyssey’
Read MoreShaping up in Hackney: one man’s quest for physical perfection
Mansoor Iqbal tries out different ways of getting fit as part of an ‘exercise odyssey’
Read MoreWhy Homerton Hospital art room is the picture of good health
Pioneering art workshops are helping those with brain injuries and dementia take control of their lives whilst accessing an ‘unknown universe of creative potential’
Read MoreStop the Blocks: an East London guided tour with a difference
Community campaign group aims to highlight the “devastating effects” overdevelopment is having on East End residents
Read MoreOpening of 'misleading' Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs
Read MoreWhat is the future for Harringay's warehouse district?
Warehouse district faces challenge of devising a blueprint that can defend artistic ecosystem against wide-scale regeneration
Read MoreWhy heritage activism is something worth developing
Taking an active interest in the built environment shows good citizenship according to heritage chief and pasta sauce pioneer Loyd Grossman
Read MoreFinding Bedlam: A skeleton's eye view of the Crossrail Project
Crossrail’s chief archaeologist talks about the ‘Bedlam’ excavations, finding 17th-century human remains and feeling connected to the past
Read MoreHistorian looks into the 'tamed wildness' of Victoria Park
Travis Elborough is exploring Victoria Park’s links with sport, colonialism and protest as research for a book on the history of public parks
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