Real Ale and Rockin’ Blues Festival
The Sebright Arms hosts its Real Ale and Rockin’ Blues Festival on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 March 2012
Read MoreMary Wollstonecraft – a statue of her own
Roberta Wedge talks about her passion for local hero Mary Wollstonecraft, the ‘under-appreciated’ mother of modern feminism
Read MoreHackney Homemade Market is a hit with foodies
Weekly event offers delicious ready-to-eat food and stalls selling fruit and veg, meat, bread and cakes
Read MoreBlade runners Battodo-style
Traditional martial art helps its practitioners use mental discipline to cut through life’s obstacles as the borough’s Battodo students learn to live by the sword
Read MoreHousing benefit cuts – advice from Hackney CAB
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau says there are a number of options open to the 14,000 people in the borough likely to be affected by changes to welfare reform
Read MoreDisappearing Dalston
A new photographic exhibition celebrates lost places in a changing neighbourhood
Read MoreBehind Closed Doors – review
A collection of short plays in Stoke Newington explores the effects of the financial crisis
Read More‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore – review
Cheek by Jowl’s rejuvenation of a controversial classic offers a new perspective on incest
Read MoreFares hike fuss mars Boris bus launch
As London Mayor launches his new prototype Routemaster, critics slam new bus as vanity project and poor value for money while transport fares rocket
Read MoreLast chance saloon for solar
Changing the rules about how much solar panel owners are paid for energy they feed into the National Grid undermines efforts to produce green energy
Read MoreSomeone To Blame: courtroom drama asks tough questions
A new play based on documentary evidence from a murder trial reveals the harsh reality of the criminal justice system
Read MoreHackney Hear sound app launches
The borough’s secrets are told through sound on innovative new phone app
Read MoreHackney Council rejects Dalston 18-storey tower block plan
Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street
Read MoreMan arrested after body found in Regent’s Canal
Body is believed to be that of missing EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie
Read MoreMan jailed for Hackney murder after 13 years
Tuggie Phillips convicted of Stephen Bailey’s 1999 murder after changing his name and fleeing the country
Read MoreTwo men convicted after Stoke Newington kidnap and torture ordeal
Anthony Malone and Ranjit Gojra found guilty of brutal attack in Stoke Newington in 2007
Read MoreMore equality means less CO2 says Hackney Friends of the Earth
In more unequal societies, ‘status anxiety’ fuels consumerism, and consumerism fuels carbon emissions, says Hackney eco-campaign group
Read MoreBusiness closures – your rights as an employee
In a redundancy situation there are some general rules your employer must follow, says Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau
Read MoreThe Strongroom Bar and Kitchen – review
This Shoreditch recording studio restaurant is a chart topper
Read MoreRedeveloped memories
Tracing the origins of Acquired For Development By…, a new anthology of work by 25 Hackney writers
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