Absent – stage review: 'a series of questions never made explicit, let alone answered'
Immersive play at Shoreditch Town Hall about the enigmatic Duchess of Argyll proves compellingly ambiguous
Read MoreLovely pubbly: historic East End boozers become listed buildings
Pro-active drive to protect 1930s drinking establishments could serve as an example to the council, say local activists
Read MoreThree steps to success in the sixth form
Top tips to make a successful transition from Year 11 to post-16 study
Read More‘Enough is enough’: peace march to call for end to senseless killings
Community march to be held in memory of Moses Fadairo as former colleagues pay tribute to ‘inspirational’ young man
Read MoreArgy-bargey: rowers claim canal boat moorings will block River Lea
Hackney Boating Families want to set up a ‘community moorings’ but rowers say the river is too narrow
Read MoreEast End directors get their shorts on for the London Film Festival
Short films about dating culture and a boy’s religious struggles provide diverse portraits of the East for this year’s BFI extravaganza
Read MoreFox traps removed from Clissold Park as last-ditch petition forces council rethink
Council puts plans to ‘humanely kill’ foxes in deer enclosure on hold due to public outcry
Read MoreFormer Kingsland Fire Station to become free school
London Fire Brigade Union says Mayor of London’s decision to close station is a ‘travesty’
Read MoreArt review – The Poor Door: 'a mini-Dismaland'
Activist artists take on the housing crisis with exhibition at Hackney Downs Studios
Read MoreHackney Council to cull foxes in Clissold Park
Wildlife specialists left baffled as council says foxes in the deer enclosure will be ‘disposed of’ because of health risks
Read MoreRefugee services in Hackney struggling with cuts and rent hikes
Organisations forced to relocate out of the borough because of rising rents
Read MoreOctagon – stage review: poetry that 'shivers your timbers…and sizzles your spine'
Poetry hotshots spit out their rhymes in a battle for poetry supremacy in Octagon at the Arcola
Read MoreBrenda – stage review: 'detached from the commonplace'
The Yard’s run of demanding and socially perceptive plays continues with Brenda
Read MoreParents ‘dismayed’ over plans to stack flats on Hackney Downs schools
Petition launched against radical proposals to reshuffle two primaries and build mixed-use schemes
Read MoreSalmon smokery H. Forman & Son in the pink over protected status
Salmon from Hackney Wick to become first London food to be awarded Protected Geographical Indication by EU
Read MoreHow the Berlin Wall became a catalyst for creativity
After the Fall at Red Gallery revisits the unique art and dance music scene of post-Wall Berlin
Read MoreVa-va zoom! Photomonth is upon us once more
What self-respecting photography lover would look further than East London this month?
Read MoreFree school reveals plans for derelict Hackney Central Police Station
The Olive School proposes to refurbish the Grade II listed police station and construct a three-storey block in the back yard
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: East End designers go back to the 80s
Nostalgia for the decade of Dallas and denim jackets was a recurring theme for East London designers at London Fashion Week
Read MoreUsing my religion: the making of Chewing Gum's Michaela Coel
Star’s strict religious upbringing on an East London estate proved the catalyst for her new TV comedy in which nothing is off limits
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