Bootstrap Campus connects young locals with Hackney’s creative economy
The youth programme run by Dalston social enterprise Bootstrap Company is breaking down barriers to creative careers
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Filming inside 'another world' at Hackney ballet shoe factory
Ballet shoe factory Freed of London is one of Well Street’s hidden gems. A new short film tells the stories of the craftsmen and women who work there
Filming inside ‘another world’ at Hackney ballet shoe factory
Ballet shoe factory Freed of London is one of Well Street’s hidden gems. A new short film tells the stories of the craftsmen and women who work there
Hackney Mayor calls on government to ‘step up’ funding for refugees
The prime minister has pledged the UK will take 20,000 refugees by 2020 but funding only announced for one year
Turning over a new leaf: looking to the future after Victoria Park Books closes
Owner of independent bookshop Joanna De Guia has launched the events business Story Habit
‘That’s me in the painting’ – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style The post ‘That’s me in the painting’ – how Stik became a street art icon [http://www.eastendreview.co.uk/2015/09/08/stik-new-book/] appeared first o
'That's me in the painting' – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
Leader — Council should put its money where its mouth is
The Hackney Citizen is backing Divest Hackney’s campaign calling on the council to withdraw its investment in fossil fuels
Divest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
Titbits — In vogue politicians, prohibition and spin
Jeremy Corbyn nails normcore, the council’s PR team keep on spinning and an alcohol brand’s ad campaign gets close to the bone
London Fields bakery shares the loaf with bread-making project for refugees
e5 Bakehouse has teamed up with scheme for refugee women to meet, develop skills and learn to bake bread
The Yard named second most popular theatre in London
Hackney Wick theatre comes in second behind National Theatre in poll
Body issues: new lit magazine Funhouse gets corporeal
New short story and illustration publication gets to grips with grotesque human forms for its maiden issue
Teenager murdered in Hoxton named as Marcel Addai
The family of the 17-year-old stabbed to death on St John’s Estates say they are ‘devastated’ by the ‘wicked attack’
Rumble in the jumble: residents let down as council bins community sale
Concern over litter and blocked pathways prompts council U-turn on Stoke Newington Jumble Trail
Corbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC