Register, criminalise or ignore? Hands tied over Stamford Hill yeshiva schools
Unregistered faith schools are no secret, but they aren’t likely to enter the state system anytime soon
Read MoreNewton Dunbar: 'The New Four Aces is wherever I play'
After running iconic Dalston club The Four Aces, Newton Dunbar has now reinvented himself as a reggae DJ
Read MoreLife of Justin Fashanu remembered in song
Debut single by Elephant and Castles commemorates the life of Hackney-born footballer Justin Fashanu
Read More'Too much silence around FGM perpetuates the tradition'
Director Alex Crampton talks about Little Stitches, four short plays about female genital mutilation, to be performed in three London theatres, including the Arcola, this month
Read MoreHackney WickED celebrates community of artists
Annual art festival returned this month with performance art, exhibitions, open studios and street food galore
Read MoreDalston's Grimeborn festival is underway
It’s the time of the season for alternative opera at the Arcola with annual Grimeborn festival
Read MoreSecret Cinema: Back to the Future review – a party for the fans
Fictional town of Hill Valley is brought to life by impressive 1950s set and actors larking about as jocks and nerds
Read MoreHackney Wick Food Assembly sweeps away the supermarkets
Hackney Wick Food Assembly is wresting control from supermarkets by creating a direct relationship between producers and consumers
Read MoreHackney pensioner wins Mervyn Peake prize for short film
Two-minute film about Parkinson’s asks whether ‘control’ is a friend or foe
Read MoreDan Tobin Smith wants 'kipple' for London Design Festival installation
Artist wants the public to donate unwanted clutter for an exhibition inspired by Philip K. Dick’s concept of ‘domestic entropy’
Read MoreThe Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes – review
An Iraqi asylum seeker looking to make a fresh start in the UK finds it’s not so simple in black comedy by Nicolas Kent at the Arcola
Read MoreAskew Eyewear – local business profile
Help support your local community by shopping local
Read MoreRevealed: cost of Council’s purchase of Leonard Street gallery
Mystery solved as Town Hall accounts show it spent nearly £4.5m on purchase of Shoreditch gallery
Read MoreHackney mother facing destitution highlights perils of ‘no recourse’ status
Migrant women with ‘no recourse to public funds’ are at the mercy of stretched local authorities
Read MoreYou’re Havana laugh: Cuban restaurant fined for flyposting on its own ad boards
Town Hall apologises and says the posters are “not illegal” after issuing owner of Escudo de Cuba with a £50 fine
Read MoreSwimming with Diana Dors – book review
Swimming with Diana Dors, a collection of short stories penned by Hackney-based author Jeremy Worman, is an elegiac look into family life and the significance of place
Read MoreMezcal mania at 184 Hackney Road
From Melanie Symonds, who set up the popular Quiquiriqui mezcal pop-up last year and events duo Stagg & Barber, comes 184 Hackney Road
Read MoreColville Estate towers get go-ahead
Planning permission granted to architects Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield for the regeneration of Colville Estate in Hoxton
Read MorePhotographer jailed for sexually assaulting models in Hackney studio
Police are appealing for victims of freelance photographer Shaun Colclough to come forward
Read MoreKeep it eel: East End’s original jelly snack
Our food historian explores the story of eels, from 17th century Holland onwards
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