Dancing for the refugee crisis – fundraising party to be held at Stour Space
Dance music and visual art extravaganza to take place at Hackney Wick gallery in aid of the ongoing refugee crisis in Calais, Syria and beyond
Read MorePlans for free school close to Hackney Marshes go on public display
Lea Bridge Road site was acquired by the Lion Education Trust after Thames Water sold the land to the Education Funding Agency
Read MoreDoor to d'Or: Gavin Turk unveils new public sculpture in Hackney Wick
Painted door standing alone in the Hackney Wick breeze symbolises a commitment to the local creative community
Read MoreDoor to d’Or: Gavin Turk unveils new public sculpture in Hackney Wick
Painted door standing alone in the Hackney Wick breeze symbolises a commitment to the local creative community
Read MoreHuman rights play to shed light on 'biggest unreported war story of our time'
The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war to address a ‘black hole in history’
Read MoreHuman rights play to shed light on ‘biggest unreported war story of our time’
The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war in a bid to address a ‘black hole in history’
Read MoreFinsbury Park antiques traders fight back over landlord’s plan to ‘carve shop in two’
Bennet & Brown, whose clients include Westminster Cathedral, is ‘determined to stop’ landlord’s plans as petition reaches 500 signatures
Read MoreFood for thought: Hackney nutrition experts offer healthy eating advice to students
Many rely on caffeine and sugar for a mental boost, but there are more natural ways to stay focused
Read MoreNovelist Alan Gibbons on why he is opposed to forced academisation and ‘exam factories’
After academy schools plan for all borough’s schools is revealed, former teacher turned children’s fiction writer gives his views
Read More‘Soon there’ll be nowhere left to go’ – Hackney residents reveal ‘bad landlord’ experiences
Constant rent increases and unfinished repairs are among Hackney residents’ complaints following a survey of the capital’s renters
Read MoreAction! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage
Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London
Read MoreAllotment tenants evicted from Olympic Park reap harvest in new plots
The Manor Gardens allotments were gifted to East Londoners ‘in perpetuity’ over a century ago but were swept away to clear space for London 2012
Read MoreHackney youth project founder among finalists for Pride of Britain Awards
Hackney woman turned life around and became a youth worker after falling in with wrong crowd in her teens
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott lands top job in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet
Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington promoted to shadow home secretary
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London’s cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council sprays around 1,200 litres of glyphosate in the borough each year
Weedkiller is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ according to World Health Organisation, but Town Hall says it has been declared safe by the EU
Read MoreEfes Snooker Club owner’s new project given green light after son loses court bid
Yasar Akin and his son have been beset with licensing issues in the past. Now Hackney Council has granted them permission to open new venue
Read MoreSagardi – restaurant review: ‘The waiters wear wireless headsets, like they are in the secret service’
Sagardi offers a taste of northern Spain via Shoreditch – but does it translate well?
Read MoreAtlas of Improbable Places – book review: ‘Informative and enthusiastic, scholarly and amusing’
Stoke Newington author Travis Elborough describes some of the strangest and most historically-obscure locations across the globe in his latest book
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