Doing things differently! Do Book Company’s alternative ‘how to’ guides
Series provides practical advice on skills including growing, improvisation and telling stories
Hackney Citizen
Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police – review
Book unmasks secret officers’ ‘love of playing God’ writes former Murder One book buyer Trisha Telep
Stephen Gill’s new collection draws on obsession with Hackney
Not in Service brings together past studies of the borough for the first time
Photographer Colin O’Brien’s on how post-war London was a ‘playground’
Hackney snapper offers tender evocation of the city in bygone days
Photographer Jenny Lewis launches One Day Young project
Mothers-to-be wanted for artistic endeavour that is more than embryonic idea
Hackney WickED is back! New blood at three day arts festival
Exhibitions, open studios, film screenings music and much, much more at event from 16-18 August
Play it again: vinyl library perfect antidote to ‘soulless’ digital world
Not-for-profit initiative could be the start of a nationwide record revival. Spotify it ain’t.
Strange brew: Urban Sessions bring their inventive beers to Hackney Wick
Brewing master classes also on offer at Cre8
Southgate Road cafes outlast thieves and thrive
Why Hackney still can’t get enough of the cappuccino
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – preview
Hackney artists are descending on Edinburgh for this year’s Festival Fringe
Element of grime: Grimeborn returns to the Arcola Theatre
Festival aims to inject a fresh feel to classic operas and showcase experimental new ones
Jeffrey Lewis among headliners at VISIONS festival
Alternative music fans should head to three day event in Hackney Downs
The space between: architectural tips on thinking small…
Hackney doesn’t have the luxury of excess space. For big-impact regeneration, a subtler approach may be needed
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park now open daily
Bouncy castle Stonehenge was among attractions at Open East festival
Hackney Empire wins payout from insurers Aviva
Venue celebrates success of legal fight waged with help from Lord Sugar
Leader – Town Hall’s inconsistent line on Stoke Newington supermarket
Councillors who said no in April should have said no again in July