Smoking Goat, Shoreditch, restaurant review: ‘like they’ve entered a cheat-code to my heart and stomach’
New Shoreditch restaurant Smoking Goat takes inspiration from Northern Thailand and its culture of aharn glam lao – drinking food
Read MoreACM cladding found in Hackney schools is safe, says Mayor Glanville
Report sheds light as council blocks fire ratings release
Read MoreInsignificance, Arcola Theatre, theatre review: ‘Bailey Johnson plays Marilyn with speedily unwinding energy’
This production of the witty, contemplative 1982 play brings together thinly-veiled versions of Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced
Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017
Read MoreTitbits – The Apprentice’s surprising guest star, Akehurst’s dream and some RAG bull
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Mayor Culpa
As ‘all up to date’ claim made post-Grenfell falls apart with a welcome apology, we call for the fire safety information blockage to be cleared
Read MoreMayor apologises for misleading public over fire safety on day of Grenfell blaze
Claims that all fire risk assessments were ‘up-to-date’ and that priority work has been done were false
Read MoreConcert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for November ’17
From punk to experimental electronics; Strong Asian Mothers to the “worst rapper ever” – it’s this month’s gig guide
Read MoreLabour and Lib Dems slam ‘regressive’ council tax hike for Hackney’s poorest
Town Hall is asking for residents’ views on plans to cut council tax relief
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed
Council says it will provide a new update when it is confident that the work will be completed to its satisfaction
Read MoreEast End Vernacular, book review: ‘striking vistas, rather than despair’
Harvested from the 1930s to the present day, Spitalfields Life’s gorgeous collection of East End paintings is more knees-up than misery-fest
Read MoreResidents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing
Local group Daubeney Fields Forever calls for a rethink, but Town Hall says it is ‘doing all it can to build the homes Hackney needs’
Read MoreGuy Fawkes, garlic and and the Great Pyramids: notes on November in food history
In hiding from Halloween, our resident historian Gillian Riley turns her imagination to Bonfire Night and the transgressive thrills and benefits of so-called ‘Papist’ garlic
Read MoreHave your say on Hackney Council’s ‘Local Plan’ blueprint for 2033
Council invites residents to ‘help shape the future of the borough’
Read MoreDelay roll-out of ‘disastrous’ Universal Credit in Hackney, Mayor Glanville tells government
Mayor’s letter warns benefit changes could increase poverty and debt
Read MoreGrenfell: Fire hazards at council block still not fixed after four years – and Town Hall cannot explain why
‘Priority 2’ risks picked up by assessors in 2013 should have been addressed within six months
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for November
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Read MoreDerelict toilet on Clapton Common to become ‘community venue’ next year
Local interest group behind the plans is on the lookout for the ‘right tenant’
Read MoreRidley Road Market: Council survey sparks fears over gentrification
Town Hall says questionnaires about its local markets are about ‘improvements’ and none are ‘under threat’
Read MoreRogue landlords face £30k on-the-spot fines under new council powers
Package of penalties will help Town Hall ‘quickly punish’ landlords who exploit tenants
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