Hackney newsagent’s bunting falls foul of Olympic brand policing
Hackney Council enforcement officers accused of overzealous behaviour in bid to protect Olympic brands on the torch relay route
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic Torch comes to Hackney
Thousands line the streets to greet the Olympic Flame and celebrate at the One Hackney Festival
Read MoreOlympic torch route, day 64: there’s something for everyone in Clissold Park
Virginia Woolf, skater kids, Bugaboo mums, Ninja Turtles, and now the torch – this green space has seen it all
Read MoreFireWater – preview
Sunday 22 July 2012, Rosemary Branch Theatre
Read MoreLondon legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
Read MoreLondon Assembly says Dow sponsorship damages Olympic Games
London Assembly adds its voice to the criticism of Dow Chemical Company’s Olympic involvement
Read MoreHackney’s population up by 19% in 10 years
The borough’s population has grown to almost a quarter of a million, according to 2011 census figures
Read More‘Mole Man’ house fetches £1m at auction
Planning permission sees huge speculator interest in flawed Hackney house
Read MoreLondon legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Read MoreLondon 2012: the Games and its discontents
Away from all the Olympics hype, there are many people who are less than excited about the Games and it presence in East London. Andrew Connelly looks into their reasons for objecting
Read MoreShoreditch Stories – review
Discover portrayals of the everyday at a GP surgery in Shoreditch
Read MoreBarbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
Read MoreThe Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Read MoreThe White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Read MoreLondon 2012: Phillips Idowu pull-out sends shivers through home nation
• Olympic triple jump silver medallist troubled by ‘hip tightness’
• Worries for Tiffany Porter, Robbie Grabarz, men’s sprint relay
London 2012: Phillips Idowu says he is focused and denies injury fears
• Charles van Commenee had said triple jumper was injured
• Idowu will jump at Diamond League meeting on Saturday
London legacy: security and towpath protests
Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered
Read MoreAttention all filmmakers – win £1,000 in One Shot Movie competition
Films must be ten minutes or less in length and with no cuts. Closing date 31 August 2012
Read MoreInterview: filmmaker Cavan Clerkin on Nice Guy
Cavan Clerkin talks about his independently-made crime drama which recently premiered at the East End Film Festival
Read MoreHackney: An Uncommon History in Five Parts – review
This new book from the Hackney Society charts life from 1612 until the present day
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