Local British-Vietnamese archives saved from ‘dreadful vandalism’
Rare literature and artefacts to undergo emergency conservation treatment
Lizzie McAllister
Protesters demand Hackney Council divest from companies that operate in the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
Around 60 people attended the protest organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) with support from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
Protesters demand removal of slaver statue as Museum of the Home reopens
Demonstration comes after Museum’s decision to keep the likeness of Robert Geffrye above its entrance
Hackney Museum asks residents for lockdown memorabilia for upcoming exhibition
‘Collecting Covid’ will go on display next year, full of local stories from the pandemic
Artist turns construction debris into sculptures for Chisenhale exhibition
Yu Ji’s use of rubble and plant matter ‘uncovers the hidden vitality of the mundane or disregarded’
Man fined for lockdown boat party on River Lea
Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, told to pay £1,902 after organising bash for more than 30 people in February
Homerton LTN showing ‘encouraging’ traffic reductions, says council
Decrease inside the scheme is the equivalent of more than 5,000 car journeys a day, according to Town Hall data
Homerton man died after catheter was left unchanged for almost a year
Homerton Hospital and a local GP practice required to take action by coroner following death of 87-year-old Macauley Wilson
Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show
Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition
‘Simply too much at stake’: Campaigners unite to protest Hackney’s fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion call on council pension fund to fully divest from a ‘reckless, dying industry’
Local jazz musician raises enough money to continue scholarship at prestigious American college
Roella Oloro is off to Boston for her second year after spending the pandemic in Hackney crowdfunding and rehearsing
Museum of the Home board defends decision to retain slaver statue ahead of reopening
Despite heavy opposition, museum says keeping statue is ‘only practical option for foreseeable future’
Local gallery to release book of poems celebrating Hackney’s linguistic diversity
Swirl of Words/Swirl of Worlds features over 100 poems written in 94 different languages
Town Hall offers first glimpse of £3m Hackney Central station upgrade
Work to create a second entrance, new cycle parking and more greenery is set to start next month
VIDEO: Traders on Columbia Road ‘happy to be back’ as market enjoys busy reopening
Lizzie McAllister speaks to stall-holders and shop owners about the challenges of the past year
Brazilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar set for major Barbican retrospective
Summer show will focus on Andujar’s work with Brazil’s Yanomami people, as curator says arts audiences must ‘take on ethical responsibility’