Bleeding Hearts Circus at Hoxton Hall – preview
The day job is no barrier for Airealism’s performance artists
Hackney Citizen
The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes! at Hoxton Hall – review
Arthur Conan-Doyle’s best loved detective gets a Victorian musical hall makeover
Painter Liam Ryan’s ‘cosmic soup’ works on display at Protovision show
Residence Gallery exhibition reveals full-on sensory experience spawned by artist’s imagination
Chekhov’s Sons Without Fathers – review
An early Chekhov play that opens this month at the Arcola may surprise fans of the Russian dramatist
Blue Murder at Hang-Up Gallery – review
Exhibition attacking Conservative ideology includes Banksy-style portraits of the PM printed on the Financial Times
Walk down a Well-trodden street
Hackney’s Well Street has long been a hub for local business and is where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade
Benefit claims fall yet more people are without work
Figures give mixed message about the economic situation of many Hackney residents
Give bees a chance
Our lives depend on the winged insects, say groups creating a buzz about them
Goodgym – exercising to improve body and soul
Social enterprise volunteers break a sweat by working out while helping the community
Relief for Hackney parents but future looks bleak for school admissions
London needs 118,000 extra school places by 2016 claims new report
Ken Livingstone launches construction training academy in Stamford Hill
The former London mayor hopes construction training academy will help deliver jobs
Hackney teachers want the environment to stay on curriculum
Plans to put the freeze on climate change and environmental issues on the National Curriculum attract criticism
Education overload – will longer school hours help Hackney’s poorer students?
Michael Gove’s latest plan to lengthen the school day and shorten holidays receives a mixed reception in Hackney
Stay out of debt with free advice from Hackney CAB
Citizens Advice Bureau now offers a new Money Smart advice service for social housing tenants
Hackney schoolboy fatally stabbed on 16th birthday
Parents to bury their son along with unopened birthday card