Posts Tagged ‘Ridley Road’
We need to talk about Dalston: Town Hall launches major listening exercise for locals
The Dalston Conversation will ‘put residents’ priorities at the heart of the council’s work’
Read MoreCharity launches illustrated book by Hackney schoolchildren about ‘rapidly changing’ Ridley Road Market
Princess May pupils took part in a project run by House of Illustration
Read MoreLucinda Rogers to exhibit drawings of a changing Ridley Road Market
The London artist and campaigner took to the streets to depict scenes many fear will be lost to gentrification, the overarching topic of the exhibition
Read MoreHackney One Carnival returns on 10 September – we have all the details
Find out the new route, what’s on, the prospective weather and more in our guide to next weekend’s festivities
Read MoreGet checked: Prostate Cancer Roadshow for African and Caribbean men to arrive in Dalston on Monday
Charities Orchid and Cancer Black Care will be at Ridley Road Market from 9am – 4pm
Read MoreNew phone app to gift locals a “poetic satnav” of Hackney and its history
a hackney autobiography, created by social enterprise On The Record, uses the oral history, music and GPS technology to create spellbinding ‘audio tours’
Read MoreDalston in the 80s by Andrew Holligan, book review: “bursting with culture and steeped in challenge”
This collection of black and white photography nonetheless depicts “life in its many colours” with a personal, diary-like feel
Read More‘Later potater!’ The uncommon history of the common spud
From its origins in South America to the market stalls of Ridley Road, the potato is a much travelled root with a chequered past
Read MoreToo late to stop Nao: interview
Nao is one of the brightest stars on the UK’s musical horizon, with a sound born of the hustle and bustle of East London
Read MoreToo late to stop Nao: interview
Nao is one of the brightest stars on the UK’s musical horizon, with a sound born of the hustle and bustle of East London
Read MoreLiteracy on the high seas: Hackney Pirates looks back on an incredible six years
Pioneering afterschool club’s founder Catriona Maclay looks back on its successes thus far
Read MoreNew Kid – footwear with Florentine flair now available from new Dalston shoe store
A new addition opens on Ridley Road, New Kid Footwear’s Tiny Store, next door to the Dalston Fabric Mill
Read MoreScoffing offal – an East End history
Once considered a cheap dish fit only for the poor, offal is in fact a delicacy in its own right
Read MoreScoffing offal – a Hackney history
Once considered a cheap dish fit only for the poor, offal is in fact a delicacy in its own right
Read MoreMan who ‘targeted and preyed on vulnerable women’ jailed for attempted rapes
Usman Tahir handed 12 year sentence for two separate attacks
Read MoreResident sues ‘callous’ Hackney Council to prevent playground eclipse
Call for Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe to enforce historical agreement protecting Colvestone Primary School’s access to light
Read MoreThirteen arrested following Dalston shooting
Man is shot in the leg in broad daylight on Ridley Road
Read MoreRiddles of the Market: Lorenzo Vitturi’s art tells story of Ridley Road
Sculptures lend new meaning to everyday items found in carnivalesque street
Read MoreHackney chefs launch Dalston Cola
Steve Wilson and Duncan O’Brien use fresh natural ingredients in their locally-made beverage which is proving a hit with those in the know
Read MoreHackney Council advises Dalston traders to shut up shop as riot fears hit businesses hard
Shopkeepers and stallholders tell the Citizen how concerns over more civil unrest is affecting them
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