HUMAN Life: the Hackney artist who documented her time living in an abandoned school
Downsview School in Hackney Downs has been demolished. Photographer/producer Enter HUMAN documented her time spent living there
Hackney Citizen
Homerton Hospital gets thumbs up from Care Quality Commission
Community services praised by inspectors following wide-ranging probe
Bella Union 20th Anniversary @ OSLO Hackney feat. Will Stratton, Pavo Pavo, Mammút – live music review
The indie label Bella Union celebrates two decades with a series of ornate performances by an international swathe of their current roster
Titbits – Binnie-Lubbock’s ‘man bun’, an eye on election expenses, and Delingpole on Dalston
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Schools out in force
Hackney parents are right to protest the government’s plans for so-called ‘fair funding’ for schools
Saving Hackney’s strays
Stokey Cats and Dogs founder Elzbieta Gontarska talks about her growing animal rescue service
Finsbury Park residents fight ‘tragic’ plans to franchise Post Office
Local MP Diane Abbott says proposal will put ‘jobs in danger’ as she joins protesters on Seven Sisters Road
Empress Market, London Fields, restaurant review – ‘a successful culture clash’
Authentic Pakistani street food and New Orleans cocktails shaken together to create ‘spellbinding combination’
Green activists blast Coca-Cola’s plastic pollution
‘Our oceans cannot stomach Coke bottles’, say campaigners as they urge locals to join fight
Hackney parents protest against ‘utterly crazy’ education cuts
Campaigners march on Hackney’s parks as part of nationwide protest against school budget cuts
Holly-wooden: the local architect aiming to raise a timber cinema and theatre in Millfields Park
Just over a week left to crowdfund ‘Cine-Theatre on Millfields’, which will stage screenings, plays and workshops in an amphitheatre made of pallets
Richard III, Arcola, theatre review: the bovver boy royal in a bare bones production
This enjoyable staging of Shakespeare’s historic tragedy makes the most of its stark setting and a “performance on fire”
Summer loving: the East End Film Festival returns on 2 June – read our full preview
Read on for details of a nuclear double-bill, Brexit and Tupac profiled, a Caribbean take on Shakespeare, an Eastenders alumnus’ directorial debut and much more…
Hackney’s new barbershops: crews, cuts and cultural communities
Barbershops associated with particular identities and interests are joining traditional haircutters on Hackney’s high streets
Parents to ‘keep up pressure’ over education cuts with park protests
Colourful ‘School Assembly’ action on Friday to feature child-led march and speeches from teachers and politicians
Aphex Twin or Run The Jewels? Field Day releases clashfinder along with site map ahead of 3 June extravaganza
Map shows magnitude of new arena area The Barn, as full list of set times for the 8 stages revealed