Candice Lin review – ‘These fabulations may be familiar to those of us who wince at the triviality of our own lives’
Behold an allegorical landscape at the Whitechapel Gallery
Read MoreFrank Watson review – ‘recounting the many minor mysteries of fraying English life in tucked-away spots’
His photographs walk the fine line between the banal and the sublime
Read More‘Mould kills! Safe council homes now!’ – Protesters call for housing reform on first day of Awaab’s Law
Awaab’s Law is named after Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old boy who died as a result of a severe respiratory condition
Read More‘Excessive’ sanctions at Hackney school left children ‘demoralised, without clear improvement in behaviour’
In the four months from September 2024 to February 2025, the school dished out 29,914 next-day detentions
Read More‘A litany of concerns’: Hackney councillors discuss Palantir contract with Homerton
‘We are in touch with workers in many trusts across all levels who want to resist the rollout’
Read More‘It’s not f***ing okay’ – Tempers flare at council debate over Hackney’s ‘ties’ with Israel
The council has faced pressure from Green party and Independent Socialist councillors to end its twinning relationship with Haifa, but Hackney Labour party has accused its opponents of political game-playing
Read MoreThe Black Eel review – ‘Can I ever forgive Fisher?’
Have you ever been swimming with eels? A nightmare for some, a strange fascination for my friend and me.
Read MoreCouncil chief executive hauled in front of judge as resident alleges contempt of court
A Hackney leaseholder alleges the council has breached a court-ordered deadline to complete works on his property in a long-running legal disrepair case
Read More‘Beautiful Gothic Dalston school shut last year – we want to turn it into art and music space’
Hackney Council listed Colvestone Primary School as an Asset of Community Value after shuttering it in 2024
Read More‘Speechless’: Council tells NHS staff to stop writing letters in support of SEND families
Hackney parents whose children have special educational needs and disabilities say they are shocked by the request seen in leaked emails
Read MoreRidley Road traders warn rent rise will force them out
Worries that proposals to raise licence fees could force them out for good
Read MoreHackney Council CEO faces contempt of court charges in ongoing leaseholder dispute
Dawn Carter-McDonald has been ordered to attend the first hearing, which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon
Read MoreA takeaway of ideas – artist Ling Tan’s Low Carbon Chinatown
Ingredients for change on show at climate exhibition
Read MorePower Station review – ‘If we’re going to save this life-giving world we’re squatting on, we need radical, grassroots change’
‘A combining of Powell’s artistic audio-visual epics with Edelstyn’s narrative vision and director-producer drive’
Read MorePlan for secure children’s home progresses despite opposition from Save Lea Marshes
The proposal is ‘the wrong project in the wrong place’
Read MoreThe writing’s on the wall – behold the ‘floating’ sculptures of Zineb Sedira
There are ‘Dreams’ on the River Lea, shadows on the brickwork
Read MoreA combination of imagination and tradition – India Club at Gunpowder
‘This is the epitome of intimate dining’
Read MoreChallenging under-representation: Campaign launches to tackle Afro-hair discrimination
‘There are thousands of emojis but none that represents afro-hair’
Read MoreCouncil left child without care plan for more than a year, ombudsman finds
Town Hall received professional advice late – but still did not issue the plan for around another 10 months.
Read MoreHackney Council has spent £38 million since 2020 buying back houses it used to own
The local authority sold one property for £95,050 in 2014, only to buy it back for £365,000 in 2021
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