Brazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
Read MoreClissold skatepark forced to close after repeated acts of vandalism
Burning bins damage the surface of popular Stoke Newington hangout
Read MoreStar striker: football legend lends support to Picturehouse protest
Eric Cantona showed solidarity with cinema workers calling for London Living Wage at Hackney demonstration
Read MoreThe history of Club Row live animal market
All manner of domestic and exotic creatures including live lion cubs were once for sale at Club Row live animal market
Read MoreHow a video camera became a weapon for feminists
The Sony Portapak gave ordinary artists the ability to use video for the first time and a new exhibition shows how it became a potent tool for French feminist groups of the 1970s
Read MoreDavid Bailey: For Real review – ‘A palimpsest of post-war London life’
Selection of David Bailey photographs at Daniel Blau gallery offer a glimpse into a rarely seen side of the photographer’s work
Read MoreDavid Bailey: For Real review – 'A palimpsest of post-war London life'
Selection of David Bailey photographs at Daniel Blau gallery offer a glimpse into a rarely seen side of the photographer’s work
Read MoreWalthamstow's E17 Art Trail gets underway
Public are invited to get on the E17 Art Trail which this year celebrates its tenth year
Read MoreEast London Painting Prize winner announced
Nathan Eastwood scoops first annual award, but with such a strong shortlist East London was the real winner
Read MoreTurfed: the play that uses football to tackle homelessness
Hackney Downs Studios to stage football-focused play recounting the experiences of street children in dance, poetry and music
Read MoreBetween Us – review: a bold confrontation of class inequality
What price does society pay to allow the middle classes to feel good about themselves? asks Sarah Daniels’ play showing at the Arcola
Read MoreKids enjoy forest education In the Sticks of Stoke Newington
Hackney social enterprise unleashes children’s creativity in the great outdoors
Read MoreIain Sinclair looks back at 70×70 birthday film project
The year-long project to commemorate the writer’s seventieth birthday in which he chose 70 films to be screened across the capital ends this month
Read MoreWaiting for Godot review – 'not total tomfoolery'
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Arcola is given a youthful focus with the casting of comic duo Totally Tom
Read MoreGraduate Fashion Week review
Graduate Fashion Week saw a budding generation of designers and fashion graduates present their wares to the fashion loving public in the heart of the East End
Read MoreStill Angry? John Barker on the Angry Brigade and his new novel Futures
John Barker found notoriety as a member of the Angry Brigade, an urban guerilla group based in Stoke Newington which undertook a bombing campaign during the 1970s. Having served his time, he is now an author with a new book about drugs and 1980s capitalism
Read MoreEveryday Sexism founder Laura Bates: ‘I wanted to force people to see how bad the problem was’
Feminist campaigner and journalist Laura Bates will be retracing childhood memories by returning to Hackney to talk at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival this month
Read MoreEveryday Sexism founder Laura Bates: 'I wanted to force people to see how bad the problem was'
Feminist campaigner and journalist Laura Bates will be retracing childhood memories by returning to Hackney to talk at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival this month
Read MoreHackney teacher scoops prestigious Silver Award honour
Clapton Girls humanities head crowned ‘local hero of education’
Read MoreThe last supper: Patrick Vernon dines with Hackney Citizen
In the first in an occasional series, former Labour councillor tucks in at Clapton eatery Spice and Grill
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