The Teleportation Accident – review
Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction
Hackney Citizen
London/33: East & West – review
Two new pocket-sized short story collections feature tales of each of London’s 33 boroughs
Art of noise: overheard by the overground
Ross Aitken’s sound-art project Oversound aims to connect passengers with the areas they pass through on the East London Line
Josienne Clarke: Home is where the heartache is – review
The East London folk duo branch into country with their new release
Garden swap scheme launches for green fingers
Whether you have a garden in need of attention or you love gardening and want to help a neighbour, a new garden swap scheme could be for you
Refugees hit the airwaves with Reel Rebels
A new radio project will give a voice to asylum seekers and other under-represented groups
London Design Week – Ceramics in the City exhibition at Geffrye Museum
From delicate porcelain to earthy stoneware, the Geffrye Museum’s exhibition is sure to delight pottery enthusiasts
Making it – the London Design Festival
The London Design Festival features many Hackney-based studios and designer-makers
Enter the Imaginerium
A new space for creative craft classes and workshops opens Broadway Market
Hackney Film Festival 2012: Hackney Wick Canal Screening – review
Stamina and persistence did not go unrewarded at the final screening of this year’s Hackney Film Festival
Hackney CAB highlights foodbanks
New service will provide emergency food for local people in crisis, says local Citizens Advice Bureau
Freeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition
New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving
The Olympics legacy – going for green
Hackney Friends of the Earth’s Jen Claydon asks whether the Olympics will deliver the promised green legacy
Hackney head stamp man jailed
Assault is latest incident of anti-police hostility in the borough
Bust-up over Hackney ward boundaries
Parties disagree on impact & implementation of local government boundary changes
Teenager gets life sentence for killing with comb
Teenager Rebecca Douglas will serve a minimum of ten years for murdering Julie Sheriff in 2011