Hackney novelist Kerry Hudson warns children are ‘still slipping through net’
Writer says pressure to get into good quality primary schools results in ‘ghettoisation’
Hackney Citizen
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – review
Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan finally bring character to the big screen in hostage flick
Reading Room Only: Memoir of a Radical Bibliophile – review
Squatter turned academic Phil Cohen reflects on a ‘disjointed’ life filled with books
Crews from threatened fire station tackle De Beauvoir blaze
Incident attended by two fire engines from Kingsland Fire Station, set to close under Boris’s plan
Band The Otherness play free gig to support threatened Dolphin pub
‘Save the Dolphin’ campaign aims to ‘raise awareness’ after police applied for review of licence
Police issue appeal in bid to trace missing Ivana Simmons
12-year-old from Stoke Newington is forth young person to go missing in borough in past month
Fatal collision between motorbike and car in Kingsland Road
Man, 23, dies and two pedestrians injured at junction with Englefield Road last night
Floyd’s – review
Exemplary outfit Floyds is far from flawed and serves up grub that’s as good as it looks
Opponents slam Boris after announcement Kingsland Fire Station will close
Campaign to save station fails but Mayor of London insists safety is still “top priority”
Police return to scene of suspected fatal assault on Bakre Yesufu
Officers hand out leaflets at scene in Upper Clapton in bid to find witnesses
Yes he can-can! Eric Pickles takes to dance floor
Localism head honcho enjoys ‘first dance for a long time’ in Stamford Hill
How Edwardian founder of Clapton family business electrified the Hackney Empire
Grandson tells how forebear’s work at playhouse helped him set up iconic institution
Herb growers offer sage advice at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
Plant your own tea ingredients, say growers
Animal crackers – uncanny show at Last Tuesday Society
Taxidermy, freaks and fantasies galore at ‘immersive museum’ in Mare Street
Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on why his trade is ‘in the blood’
Rugby player turned Shoreditch shoemaker’s products are built to last
William Cheshire’s jewellery shop promises ‘spiritual audacity’ on Broadway Market
Store’s opening coincided with Cheshire’s celebration of ten years as a brand