Bishopsgate Goodsyard: Hackney and Tower Hamlets mayors in joint bid to halt scheme
Jules Pipe and John Biggs to make case against construction of ‘massive tower blocks’ at public debate
Read MorePrefab sprouts: entire home to be dropped onto London Fields building
Similar projects could provide solution to social housing woes
Read MoreRediscovering a classic: Sparrows Can't Sing
Joan Littlewood’s only foray into film, this knotty East End romance starring Barbara Windsor – with a cameo from The Krays – has been newly restored
Read MoreMarks and Spencer seeks to move into controversial Stoke Newington site
Campaigners question whether ‘another expensive food store adds anything to the mix’, as offer put in on Wilmer Place site
Read MoreHackney animal rights campaigner Maria Dickin honoured with blue plaque
English Heritage recognises ‘animal NHS’ founder, who was born on Cassland Road
Read MoreLondon Sex Worker Film Festival seeks to challenge ‘whorephobic’ society
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
Read MoreLondon Sex Worker Film Festival seeks to challenge 'whorephobic' society
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
Read MoreThe author following in the footsteps of Mary Wollstonecraft
Bee Rowlatt embarked on a full-blown love affair by tracing Mary Wollstonecraft’s journey across Scandinavia
Read MoreEveryone in Hackney can help tackle climate change, divestment experts urge
The borough’s investment in fossil fuels through its pension fund and the environmental implications were subjects of the Hackney Divestment Debate
Read MorePhoebe Unwin, Wilkinson gallery: art review – paintings with a slow mystery
Painter’s latest collection uses a highly layered style resembling early cameraless photography
Read MoreResident sues ‘callous’ Hackney Council to prevent playground eclipse
Call for Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe to enforce historical agreement protecting Colvestone Primary School’s access to light
Read MoreRe-Defining Beauty at Leyden Gallery: taking a fresh look at the naked male form
Life drawing group Nude for Thought wants the male nude to regain its stature in contemporary art
Read MoreTo treat naked artist Poppy Jackson as a joke is to dismiss something powerful
Straddling the roof of Toynbee Hall, Jackson’s performance at Spill festival was a daring piece of experimental art. So why did most media reports reduce it to the lowest common denominator?
Read MoreLondon Fields residents clash over car-cutting measures
Rival petitions launched after council announces plans to block off roads to through-traffic
Read MoreSarai: stage review – Old Testament drama proves power of the scriptures
One woman show at Dalston’s Arcola Theatre is a tour de force
Read MoreReflections on Mirrors festival: stellar venues and sounds
Big names and lesser known acts wreaked musical havoc at the first ever Mirrors festival in Hackney this weekend
Read MoreNew play Lines looks at how peace is 'just a gap between wars'
Four soldiers struggle to adapt to not being at war in the latest production at the Yard Theatre
Read MoreLeader – No sense in handcuffing dying prisoners
The treatment of Sabri Karatas echoes several cases where the authorities have shown a lack of common sense and decency
Read MoreDying prisoner Sabri Karatas granted compassionate release
Sabri Karatas’s brother criticises Ministry of Justice for delay in decision
Read MoreSadness over closure of Bliss Café as gentri-fried breakfasts order of the day
Regulars express sadness over the closure of Dalston Lane’s ‘haven for old timers’ after 15 years of trading
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