Hackney Council admits debate on its tobacco investments needed
Cllr Jonathan McShane questions whether council should be investing in tobacco companies whilst promoting messages about healthy lifestyles
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The Revenger’s Tragedy
Director Suba Das enlists the help of local young people to devise response piece to Jacobean Tragedy
The Geffrye Museum – there’s no place like home
The former 18th century almshouses are one of Kingsland Road’s best kept secrets
Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s
New Barbican exhibition charts 1960s and 1970s photography from around the globe
New Black Film Festival screens at Picturehouses
New festival aims to celebrate the everyday in black culture
Police call time on three Hackney pubs
Three Hackney pubs have been temporarily closed as part of a police crackdown on illegal activity
Move to register more black Hackney voters
Scheme aims to increase voting among black and minority ethnic communities
Bouvetøya – a polar exhibition
Artistic exploration of desolate Antarctic island lies between fact and fiction
Paper Dress to celebrate boutique birthday with charity bash
Vintage retailer plans paper clothes auction to celebrate five years in business
Origamibiro to write themselves into the Shoreditch fold
Avant-garde collective return to East London for a free show combining ethereal soundscapes with live visuals
Hackney designers are toast of London Fashion Week
The borough basks in the success of another inspiring London Fashion Week as East End designers set the bar high
Quills – sex, satire and sadism
As the days shorten and the nights draw in, Second Skin Theatre is courting our darker sides with its production of Doug Wright’s wickedly satirical play
In The Depot – new gallery cafe opens in Clapton
Some of Clapton’s old tram sheds have been transformed into a gallery, studio space and café
A glimpse of the London sublime
An exhibition of John Bartlett’s paintings show the Hackney artist depicting everyday scenes in new and challenging ways
Queens of the Undead – Black history brought up to date
Kimathi Donkor’s exhibition explores African and Carribean history as well as racial tensions today
The Roundabout Season swings in at Shoreditch Town Hall
Some of the UK’s brightest playwriting talents come to Shoreditch Town Hall