Educating the East End – top class drama
A programme about education or tear-jerking soap opera? We speak to the stars of Channel 4’s Educating the East End
Read More‘It’s ok to be angry’: Hackney campaigner honoured
Meet the Hackney stalwart on a lifelong mission to save the NHS
Read MoreTireless campaigner Hamdy Shahein completes ‘arduous’ charity walk
62 year-old newsagent completes another fundraising feat
Read MoreFestival of Latin American theatre to go ahead this month in East London
Theatre makers from across South America will be descending on East London for the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
Read MoreBlack Chronicles II exhibition review: Excavating black history
Portraits of the first black people to be photographed in Britain, unseen for 120 years, feature in a new exhibition
Read MoreExhibition review – (detail) at Transition Gallery
Work from more than 100 international artists is displayed in miniature at London Fields-based gallery
Read MoreGhost from a Perfect Place – review: 'Just the right level of dystopian horror'
Philip Ridley play has lost none of its sinister brilliance in the twenty years since its first production
Read MoreTitbits — Bromsgrove beckoning, Mayoral rumours and playing away
Exodus of talent as Islington gets riot play, Bromsgrove snatches Tom Ebbutt and rumours abound over Mayor Pipe’s next move
Read MoreOPEN Campaigners win hearing over ‘Georgian Disney’ development
Council decision to forge ahead with demolition will be examined at judicial review in November
Read MoreRare sighting of ‘goatsucker’ on Marshes draws crowds
Migratory wild Nightjar on RSPB’s ‘red list’ of endangered species spotted near Middlesex Filter Beds
Read MoreLeader — Blurred lines
Head of Regeneration’s call to arms shows muddle at the top
Read MoreLama Chime Rinpoche opens Tibetan charity offices in Haggerston
Tibet Society and Tibet Relief Fund receive traditional Buddhist blessing
Read MoreShoreditch Town Hall exhibition tells stories of migration through art
Sudanese artist Anwar Elsamani tells his story in photographs for an exhibition that sheds light on the experiences of East London’s migrant residents
Read MoreLee Jackson: ‘The crux of modern life is Victorian’
Stoke Newington author Lee Jackson dishes the dirt in his new book Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
Read MoreLee Jackson: 'The crux of modern life is Victorian'
Stoke Newington author Lee Jackson dishes the dirt in his new book Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
Read MoreShakespeare in Shoreditch festival launches
Titus Andronicus meets pie and mash and 1000 plays written in a shed are part of the first Shakespeare in Shoreditch festival
Read MoreChildcare provision in Hackney slammed as ‘insufficient’
A new report by the Family and Childcare Trust reveals a lack of quality childcare facilities in Hackney
Read MoreVictory for Chesham Arms campaigners as developer’s appeal quashed
Council’s enforcement notice to owner of Mehetabel Road site upheld by planning inspector
Read MoreAlecky Blythe: ‘I don’t think theatre can change things greatly’
Alecky Blythe reflects on a successful run with her verbatim play about the Hackney Riots, Little Revolution
Read MoreSparks fly over ‘exclusive’ ticket costs of Council fireworks display
Town Hall says it ‘could not justify spending taxpayers’ money’ on the show
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