New exhibition uncovers plastics’ invention and history in east London
Raw Materials: Plastics at Nunnery Gallery runs until 25 August 2019. Free family event 17 August 12-4pm with Thames21 and UCL’s Mobile Heritage Lab
Read MoreCouncil to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
Read MoreCommunity parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme
Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall, with plans afoot to add to Hackney’s six parking bay oases
Read MoreNew images offer glimpse into Abney Park’s future – if bid for more funding is successful
Plans signed off recently by Hackney’s cabinet include a café and events space, and further restoration work on the chapel
Read More2019: A Space odyssey
Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years
Read MoreThe Time Of Our Lies, Park Theatre: ‘Compelling – if you’re of the right mindset’
Bianca Bagatourian’s play about the life and work of American intellectual Howard Zinn is a ‘history lesson with sonorous contemporary relevance’
Read MoreIsland Social Club, Haggerston: ‘Soul-lifting celebration of Caribbean culture’
Chef Marie Mitchell and drinks specialist Joseph Pilgrim’s year-long residency at Curio Cabal is one you would be ‘mad to miss’
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Read MoreFeast from the East
Our food historian brings us more on the Siberian and Ukrainian delights shown off at June’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival, and says farewell to a local favourite
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time for the untidy to have a go’
Kate Poland on a budding union of gardens, the joys of shinrin-yoku, and how you can help nature while getting drunk
Read MoreLeader – What will it take?
The death of any homeless person is a stain on those with real power to do something – not just the ones that happen so publicly
Read MoreTitbits – Tory blues, Mayor stews and hold the front page, we’ve got breaking… information
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreCampaigners to hold Marian Court ‘protest party’ over threats of intentional homelessness
Thursday evening’s protest planned as family event with ‘speeches, food and music’ as campaigners say safe housing ‘a right, not a privilege’
Read MoreCampaigners and council to scrutinise plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Revised proposals to be studied ‘forensically’ as Hackney Mayor keeps up pressure on affordability
Read MorePopular Dalston vintage shop wins right to serve ‘organic wines and small-batch beers’
Councillors say decision ‘not made lightly’ as licence awarded to local Bargain Hunt expert
Read MoreCommunity mourns the death of homeless man in Stoke Newington bus stop
Hackney Mayor announces review into tragedy as crowdfunder set up for memorial
Read MoreHackney rated bottom in England for ‘liveability’ as activists call for change
Liberal Democrats argue for more borrowing to build housing as borough posts low scores in combined index of ‘opportunity, affordability and desirability’
Read MoreMore than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion: Free six-month display to be unveiled at V&A Museum of Childhood
The exhibition in Bethnal Green, centred on the activist group’s family-friendly work, is part of a wider partnership that will see its designs go on show at the V&A’s Rapid Response gallery
Read MoreDeath of woman with Down’s syndrome from scabies could have been avoided, report finds
Safeguarding chair calls on borough’s health and care agencies to learn lessons of ‘truly heartbreaking’ case
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