Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park
Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year
Andrew Barnes
SPACE is the place: we delve into a new book celebrating 50 years of the artistic engine of East London
SPACE Studios is the subject of a comprehensive new book of essays and history – we throw the spotlight on 10 Martello Street, their Mare Street hub
Hackney Empire announces new artistic director in leadership shake-up
Longtime member of the creative team Yamin Choudury replaces panto pioneer Susie McKenna, who stepped down at the start of 2017
Spring loaded: East End Film Festival announces line-up for next month’s cinematic harvest – our preview
The 17th annual festival of features, documentary and all sorts in between comes to venues around Hackney and beyond from 11-29 April
Gul & Sepoy, Whitechapel, restaurant review: Indian small plates with some big ideas
The team behind Spitalfields’ Gunpowder have diverged from more standard Indian culinary paths, to bring their sometimes frustrating but ultimately rewarding dishes to East London
East End exhibitions – five of the best for March 2018
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Penguin Random House marks World Book Day by volunteering in Hackney’s most ‘literacy-vulnerable’ area
As new data reveals Hackney South and Shoreditch’s serious literacy issues, staff at the country’s leading publisher are lending their time to several of the borough’s schools
Concert pitch: Hackney’s gig guide for March 2018
This month’s gig guide is an all-American affair: except for a hard-riffing band named after a Gloucestershire village…
Food to a-door: Chats Palace to host supper club and market to raise money for new entrance
The former Homerton Library has been a venue and creative hub since 1976 but the frontage has barely changed in 100 years – find out how you can help through fun and feasting
Victory Mansion/TA-KO, Stoke Newington, pub/restaurant review: fusion goes down well with cocktails
The relaxed, shack-like cocktail bar is celebrating two years in N16 with a new Asian-cum-Mexican menu of tacos and other small plates
Joiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape
Campaign group Friends of the Joiners Arms will solicit ideas for the dormant Hackney Road institution at two get-togethers in March
Lunar New Year: Hackney’s East Asian communities to unite for Year of the Dog celebration
Members of Hackney’s Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese populations are working together on a day of performance, collaboration and guest speakers – including Mayor Glanville
Up the Junction: Historic Pembury Tavern snapped up by Five Points
The Hackney brewery, located just 100 yards from the Pembury, will put the Victorian public house to use as a taproom
The Spread Eagle, Homerton, pub/restaurant review: spread your (vegan chicken) wings
In search of a range of opinions, our reviewer brought his vegan girlfriend and devoutly carnivorous parents to this hot new vegan pub and Mexican kitchen
Pawnography: Hackney Chess Club turn unlikely fashion icons for Korean clothing brand CHANCECHANCE
Photographer Wendy Huynh decked the club out in coats and tops from the Seoul-based company’s Winter collection, for a Stoke Newington fashion shoot
Pride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits
Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community