Funny Pages, film review: ‘Oddball characters, single-minded goals and bitingly funny one-liners’
Squid and the Whale actor Owen Kline’s directorial debut is ‘impressive’
Read More‘Money is tight’: Hackney Giving launches cost-of-living appeal to ensure ‘nobody is left behind’
The local charity hopes to give out £25k in grants to organisations helping residents through the crisis
Read More‘Bigger crisis than the pandemic’: Rocketing energy bills causing ‘huge anxiety’ in hospitality industry
Business leaders call for an emergency intervention from the government
Read MoreCycling campaigners welcome council’s pledge to install 675 storage hangars across Hackney – but concerns remain over price
Town Hall commits to creating 4,000 new spaces by 2026
Read MoreBoys’ faith school could open at former convent in Amhurst Park
Town Hall planners considering application from BC Trust
Read MoreLondon Open House 2022: Hackney Town Hall among a number of local buildings offering people a peek behind the curtain
This year’s architecture festival includes tours of Dalston CLR James Library and the Hackney Empire
Read MoreFlat Earth Pizza, Cambridge Heath, food review: ‘A temple of careful, conscious and creative eating’
The restaurant makes a triumphant return to permanent digs with some ‘fresh magic’
Read MoreHackney politicians urge parents to apply for school uniform grant as households come under ‘severe strain’
Mayor and Deputy Mayor encourage residents to claim the £100 discount before the school year starts
Read More‘Incredibly proud’: Hackney students celebrate improved exam results after ‘strange and difficult couple of years’
Borough’s pupils post impressive A-level, Btech and GCSE grades as formal exams returned following the pandemic
Read More‘My stories begin in Hackney’: Author Iain Sinclair to release film about retracing his ancestor’s journey to Peru
The writer says the adventure documented in The Gold Machine is like ‘any of those funny, strange expeditions I’ve done for my own books’
Read More‘Easy and intuitive’: Meet the locals saving money and helping the environment by borrowing from the Library of Things
Venues in Hackney Wick and Dalston are thought to have saved people around £33k – and their DIY skills are improving
Read More‘Reimagine the world’: New trail of globe sculptures in Hackney puts racial injustice under the spotlight
Arts and education combine for a project designed to develop our understanding of the slave trade
Read MoreWoodberry Down’s residents and natural history celebrated in project by Royal College of Art graduate
Xinqi Chen’s stunning illustrations were inspired by local stories and the campaign to save the Happy Man tree
Read More‘The council hasn’t learnt its lesson’: Angry business owners say drains should have been cleared before destructive flash floods in Stoke Newington
One business owner is predicting a £100,000 hit after water damaged property and stock
Read MoreChatsworth Road to host free one-day festival this Sunday – with food, fairground rides and music on offer
ChatsWORLD Summer Fair is a celebration of the shopping street’s history
Read More‘We want to inspire’: Local entrepreneurs’ network announces plans for meetings and mentoring
Hackney Social Founders set to build on successful pilot event over the summer
Read MoreSeoul in a Bottle, Kraft Dalston, food review: ‘Stuck in the middle and confused’
Delays and awkward stand-offs put paid to an evening that began with promise
Read More‘We can stop this’: Hackney Wick residents condemn GP surgery’s plan to build temporary extension on their local green
Trowbridge Surgery says its building is ‘not fit for purpose’, but neighbours are rallying to protect Wick Green
Read MoreHackney watering hole that was shut down after a stabbing could be reborn as a ‘happy pub’
Gokhan Yeter wants to open up a new place at the former Heart of Hackney on Mare Street
Read MoreCrowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone
Volunteers hoping to transform a disused water depot in Lower Clapton are almost halfway to their target
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