Hackney ranked by Peace Index third least peaceful area in England and Wales
Violent crime rates exceed double national average over last ten years
Hackney Citizen
New stage space Park Theatre throws open its doors in Finsbury Park
Inaugural season follows venue’s official opening this month
Man charged with James Sweeney murder
Jeremy Lewis, 29, to appear at Redbridge Magistrates Court tomorrow
Hackney Planning Watch campaigners to petition council to say no to neighbourhood forums
Claims devolution of planning powers to a forum would be ‘divisive step’
Private tenants unite against rip off rental market
Residents from Hackney and neighbouring boroughs protest against sky high rents and unfair practices in lettings industry
Suleman ‘Solly’ Vesamia obituary
Tributes paid to Chatsworth Road stalwart who was an instrumental part of road’s Traders and Residents Association
Shooting in N16 – photographer Andrew Dumbleton’s lens-eye view of Stoke Newington
Stokey caught on camera in snapper’s sellout volume
Hackney Wick gallery Performance Space is one of a kind
Boundary pushing art venue unique in the UK
You Can’t Evict an Idea – review
Author Tim Gee casts an eye back at Occupy and asks what we can learn from it
Fringe! – review
Gay film and arts festival featured screenings at the Rio and Hackney Picture House
‘I’m a choir starter’: Hannah Brine says all are welcome at Victoria Park Singers
Conductor’s community singing group meets once a week in Royal Inn pub
How singer Lovelace’s American adventure got tied up in Hackney
Musician’s New World odyssey comes via East End
Rise of Olympic boxer Harry Mallin the subject of new film The Wilderness
Story of middleweight who clinched gold in 1920 and 1924 to be told on silver screen
Stands Alone – life in former Arsenal football stadium is a different ball game
New exhibition at Geffrye Museum tells of strangely muted atmosphere at Highbury Stadium Square
MEATmission – review
Unholy gluttony at Hoxton restaurant serving ‘Dead Hippie’ burgers in converted church
Street Feast night food market opens on Kingsland Road
Moveable feast at temporary eating extravaganza