Lele’s, Lower Clapton, food review: ‘A cheery vegan oasis’
The ‘sheer joy’ on offer at chef-owner Valentina Fois’ cafe has proved such a hit that she’s opened a second spot in Dalston this month
Lizzie Deane
Bird On The Wire Turns 10, live music review: ‘Eclectic and unpredictable’
The promoters, who started off in a Dalston basement, celebrated 10 years in the business with an evening of experimental sound and ‘guilty pleasures galore’
Angelina, Dalston, food review: ‘Ambitious vision’
The new Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant is ‘well worth a visit’
Biig Piig, Village Underground, review: ‘Delicate voice that belies brutal realism’
The 21-year-old YouTube phenomenon’s gig ‘retains the intimacy of those first bedroom tracks’
Tommy Genesis, Oslo Hackney, live music review: ‘Tongue-in-cheek seediness’
The Canadian rapper, who has worked with stars like Dua Lipa and M.I.A, ‘unashamedly seduces the audience’
EartH Kitchen, Dalston, food review: ‘Twists on brasserie classics’
The restaurant attached to Hackney’s new arts venue is ‘brimming with potential’
Lubomyr Melnyk, EartH, review: ‘A master of his discipline’
The unconventional pianist put on a ‘bewitching’ show to celebrate his 70th birthday
Yard Sale Pizza, Finsbury Park, food review: ‘Simple, playful, full-flavoured’
The restaurant’s latest ‘love-in’ sees musician Loyle Carner craft a Christmas chilli cracker
EFG London Jazz Festival, Dalston, live music review: ‘Effortlessly cool, utterly mesmerising’
Saxophonist Nubya Garcia and drummer Makaya McCraven lit up EartH as part of November’s 10-day jazz fiesta
UK’s only floating record shop docks in Hackney for the winter
After a month of repairs to the canal boat it calls home, The Record Deck is back to business on the River Lea
Mayor of London pledges £25,000 for Clapton toilet revamp – but campaigners must raise the same amount in the next month to get it
Local group has been working with the council since 2014 to turn an abandoned loo into a community space
The Naturalist, Woodberry Down, food review: ‘The toilets are nice’
Compliments were hard to find after slow service and mediocre food at the borough’s new pub
Okay Kaya, Chats Palace, live music review: ‘A masterclass in understated fragility’
The New Yorker’s ‘DIY bedroom pop’ had the audience transfixed
Cut + Grind, Dalston, food review: ‘No-nonsense celebration of all things meat and stodge’
Burger experts skilfully take on the contentious Sunday roast at this ‘proper East End boozer’
Community group needs final £50k to turn old Clapton toilet into village hall
Mayor of Hackney joins local faith leaders to launch fundraising drive