Constructing Worlds – review: architecture that compels to silence
Barbican’s winter photography exhibition captures 80 years of modern architecture in all its diversity
Read MoreSowing the seeds of Hackney City Farm
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, the farm was founded 30 years ago on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
Read MoreHackney Greens announce general election candidates
Charlotte George will stand in Hackney South and Shoreditch and Heather Finlay in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Read MoreRepairs leave Bow Mission mural damaged
Early work by iconic muralist Ray Walker has been dissected by two girders
Read MoreHave a Scandi Christmas at Nordic Yulefest
Popping up in time for Christmas is a Scandinavian banqueting hall set for yuletide revels
Read MorePerson and plate: a morning shandy with Tunde Roberts
Annalies Winny meets the vicar on a mission to unite Woodberry Down, with or without God
Read MoreCouncillor Philip Glanville makes history with midnight wedding
Hoxton councillor and partner Giles McCrary convert civil partnership into marriage one minute after changes to law come into effect
Read MoreDarren Coffield: Psycho – review
Darren Coffield’s Warhol-inspired works often fail to live up to their own high aspirations
Read MoreFake Bush to perform at Winterville
Tribute artist Fake Bush talks about her life as someone else in the run up to a special performance at Winterville
Read MoreSleeping Booty!
More panto records will be smashed as the the creators of the critically acclaimed Dick!, are back with yet another fithy and festive frolic.. The Evil Mangelina (Dusty O), is wreaking havoc over our precious, perverted pantoland with an unruly and slippery iron fist … Together with her randy but downtrodden sidekick ‘Tit-bit’, they preside…
Read MoreLeader — If it is broke, do fix it
What are the implications of recent events in Tower Hamlets for Hackney’s executive mayoral model?
Read MoreTitbits — Secular snack tables, Boris bagels and graveyard gossip
Abney Park suffers hatchet job, Boris gets bagels named in his honour and ‘affordable’ micro-homes arrive in the borough
Read MoreChristmas appeal: Trussell Trust calls for tins off your trolleys
Hackney Foodbank needs experienced advisors, sorters, and ‘someone with a large-ish car’
Read MoreThe Realness review – musical tackles problems facing prison leavers
Energetic performances by a cast of care-leavers and ex-offenders make new musical The Realness a Christmas cracker
Read MoreStink Foot review: A sticky situation at the Yard Theatre
Greek tragedy gets a messy revisionist twist in Stink Foot
Read More‘Most chicken shops are just in it for the money’: healthy food vans tackle child obesity
Riojaes Caribbean street food van serving healthy food a hit with schoolchildren
Read MoreMother Goose review: a dame good show at Hackney Empire!
Clive Rowe and Sharon D. Clarke return to the cast for the Hackney Empire panto
Read MoreLondon Fields Brewery owner Jules Whiteway arrested
Former ringleader of ‘prolific’ drugs ring arrested on suspicion of tax evasion
Read MoreWinterville gets underway in Victoria Park
Cabaret, club nights, rides and street food, there’s pretty much something for everyone down at Winterville
Read MoreArt to the Streets of East London
INIVA announces a window presentation and new performance entitled Makhuba by South African artist Lerato Shadi
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