Confusion over future of squat in former police station earmarked for free school
Neither Department for Education nor Tauheedul Free Schools Trust can say if eviction proceedings have yet been launched
Read MoreTitbits – Diane Abbott’s a modern day Disraeli, but what’s Hackney Council’s view on graffiti?
Stamford Hill event to celebrate first Jewish Prime Minister as Town Hall declines to confirm U-turn
Read MoreYo Zushi to return with single launch and album
The Hackney based songwriter once described as the “spirit of Bob Dylan for the twenty-first century” is on the cusp of releasing his first album in five years which he describes as a “story album about love in stolen moments”
Read MoreA Portrait of Hackney by Zed Nelson: 'I hope the property developers don’t win'
Documentary photographer Zed Nelson talks about saving the world, laughing at hipsters and the metamorphosis of one of London’s poorest boroughs
Read MoreDavid Salle exhibition – paintings of a postmodern master
Maureen Paley gallery in Shoreditch holds exhibition of paintings by David Salle, a member of the influential ‘Pictures Generation’
Read MoreChris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat review
The Whitechapel Gallery’s retrospective of French filmmaker and artistic visionary Chris Marker is a celebration of a provocative and sprawling body of work
Read MoreBilly Childish and Sweet Toof to exhibit at New Voices in Hackney exhibition
BL-NK in Shoreditch is the venue for charity exhibition featuring some of the most distinctive artists in East London and beyond
Read MoreMy Name Is… review: From the trance of young dreams to an angry separation
The true story of a painful separation that led to media claims of kidnapping and religious fundamentalism is the subject of Sudha Buchar’s play My Name Is… at the Arcola
Read MoreLiberal Democrats criticise Hackney Unites for ‘no platform’ stance on UKIP
John Page defends decision, saying candidate was excluded because of party’s politics
Read MoreShip ahoy! Hackney Pirates drops anchor at new Kingsland Road home
Educational charity announces launch of The Ship of Adventures, its booty-ful new permanent base
Read MoreSunny delight as Hackney’s first ever solar energy cooperative prepares for lift off
Residents of Homerton’s Banister House estate set sights on zero-carbon energy
Read MoreWoman hit by police car in Dalston in ‘critical condition’
Twenty-two year-old woman struck by unmarked police car is fighting for her life
Read MoreMusic journalism bootcamp: June – July 2014
This six-week evening course with The Journalism School covers feature and reviews writing, pitching and blagging, interview techniques, subbing, contacts building, and law for music journalism. Starts Monday 9 June 2014
Read MoreJeremy Hunter photographs to go on display at Shoreditch gallery
Serial chronicler to exhibit 35 years of photographs of rites, rituals and festivals exploring the world’s diversity
Read MoreWild and Woolly craft shop opens in Lower Clapton
Owner Anna Feldman has swapped web design for knitting needles
Read MoreWaiting for Godot to get modern makeover for Arcola production
Samuel Beckett’s best known play comes to the Arcola this month with comedy duo Totally Tom in the starring roles
Read MoreEast London Group reunited for Bow Arts exhibition
Forgotten collective of working class artists rediscovered and their work put on display at the Nunnery gallery
Read MoreIncumbent Mayor of Hackney’s ‘pie in sky’ attack on Lib Dem housing claim
Election promises on housing and permits prompt ire from Jules Pipe
Read MoreScan Artists: review – cancer choir's hymn to self-expression
Brit School graduates play teenage cancer sufferers in impressively staged production at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick
Read MoreHackney to play key role in Green Film Festival
National festival to hold its opening and closing ceremonies at Hackney Picturehouse
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