Regional Schools Commissioners: more light touch, not a lot more power
Education’s new ‘middle tier’ in Hackney pushes academies to expand, and that’s about it
Read MoreDance festival in Isle of Dogs to give platform to new choreographers
Emerge 14 dance festival offers choreographers a chance to show and develop their work
Read MoreLondon Fields Brewery owner Jules Whiteway given extra time to repay ‘drugs money’ to taxpayer
Ringleader of ‘prolific’ drugs ring defers repayment of ill-gotten gains while craft brewery grows
Read MoreWinterville festival reveals more programme details
A one-woman play inspired by Kate Bush, a travelling arts circus and family rave form part of the festive town’s eclectic line-up
Read MoreHundreds march to Benyon Estate offices in protest at New Era rent hikes
‘We aren’t going anywhere’ say defiant residents as Russell Brand joins Dickensian protest march
Read MoreThe Voyeurs embrace equal opportunities for new album
New found togetherness makes The Voyeurs’ new album Rhubarb Rhubarb a gratifying listen
Read MoreStokey Local vows to ‘fight on’ against Sainsbury’s supermarket development
Campaigners from Stoke Newington pressure group now fundraising to take their case to Court of Appeal
Read MoreDo your wurst: tucking in to the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warriors’ snacks to the designer links of the modern age, Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
Read MorePerson and plate: star solicitor Diane Morrison picks up where Legal Aid left off
Meet the former typist who has become the pride of Hackney Community Law Centre
Read MoreTitbits — History lessons, mansion tax and no bangs for the bucks
A lecture by Edward Benyon proves history is indeed written by the victors as Hackney politicians bring the mansion tax spat closer to home
Read MoreGillian Riley on sausages – the breakfast of centurions
From Roman warrior snacks to Hackney’s designer links, food historian Gillian Riley tracks the many lives of the sausage
Read MoreJoin Hackney’s food recycling experiment!
Use your blue bin… and win
Read MoreFacing The Realness: ex-offenders and care leavers to star in new musical at Hackney Downs Studios
A prison leaver tries to get his life back on track with mixed success in new musical The Realness by Big House Theatre company
Read MoreDocumentary charts last days of the Haggerston Estate
After learning that their homes were to be demolished, the residents of Samuel House set about making the most of what time they had left there
Read MoreWalead Beshty brings rubbish installation to Barbican Centre
A year’s worth of detritus and one of the earliest photographic techniques form the basis of Walead Beshty’s installation at the Barbican centre
Read MoreIain Sinclair launches 70×70 birthday book
Iain Sinclair discusses the changing face of cinema at book launch event
Read MoreGallery on Well Street to host Chinese Whispers exhibition
Dutch and British artists to explore how nationality affects their artistic practice in last big exhibition at the Karin Janssen Project Space
Read More'Unique' Bethnal Green gasholders face uncertain future
A petition to save the Bethnal Green gasholders has already gained more than 1000 signatures
Read MoreVictory for St Mungo’s staff as management bows to pressure
Strikes called off as Chief Executive takes responsibility for the dispute over pay and conditions
Read MoreEast London Strippers Collective wants to empower performers and change attitudes
The East London Strippers Collective (ELSC) is campaigning to redefine mainstream views of stripping – but is it dancing out of time with popular opinion?
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