Interview: Made in Britain author James Gavin Bower on the Hackney riots
A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest
Read MoreHackney A level students jubilant
Proof for many that hard work pays off
Read MoreThird London Fields aquathlon announced
The increasingly popular multi-sport event is to be held on Sunday 2 October
Read MoreInterview: Yvvette Edwards, Man Booker Prize longlister
Hackney-raised author’s début novel A Cupboard Full of Coats has met with great acclaim
Read MoreOzzy hops for hipsters’ tipple: London Fields Brewery opens
A new Hackney brewery is taking the artisanal approach to booze – with a bit of help from down under
Read MoreHackney Film Festival 2011 launches
Witty, weird and wonderful – and twice as big as last year
Read MoreLeona Lewis: the Hackney heroine has given Simon Cowell a lesson in taste
Collide singer talks epic spook-pop, riots and dodging Whitney style ballads with Sylvia Patterson
Read MoreDonna Walker makes aMEND
Award-winning artist’s new collection comes to The Residence in Victoria Park Village
Read MoreDalston photo exhibition captures backstreet Delhi life
Father and son photographers document Indian city life from the 1950s to the 1970s
Read MoreInfinite Blue: exhibition revisits life in Ceausescu’s Romania
Stefan Constantinescu’s first solo exhibition at Galerie 8 explores the notion of art in a totalitarian state
Read MoreColin O’Brien photography exhibition comes to Pages of Hackney
The renowned photographer’s lesser known shots of working-class London life are on show at one of Clapton’s bookshops
Read MoreThe Fishwick Papers: East London’s printmakers
A group of Hackney artists pay tribute to the borough’s printmaking heritage with a new exhibition at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery
Read MoreWill the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?
David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters
Read MoreHackney schools GCSE results 2011
Schools across the borough celebrate their best ever results
Read MoreResidents speak out on Hackney riots at Clarence Road
Local people give their views at a get-together organised by church and community groups
Read MoreWhat caused the Hackney riots? A local teacher speaks out
“You could see it coming…the kids don’t feel like they’re part of anything, they don’t feel they’re being heard”
Read MoreThe People’s Supermarket launches Hackney consultation
The member owned co-operative has launched a seven week consultation to find out if local people want such a store in Homerton
Read MoreThe Hackney Heroine tells why she confronted rioters
Pauline Pearce – the woman with a walking stick – became a YouTube sensation after tackling looters in the street. Now she fears there’s more trouble ahead
Read MoreHackney politicians write open letter raising concerns over Sainsbury’s Wilmer Place
Calls for the developer Newmark Properties and Sainsbury’s to attend a public meeting before a planning application is submitted
Read MoreCitizens Advice: feeling the financial pinch?
Hackney CAB explains how to get help with debt problems
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