Comic – The Playground
Artist Francisco de la Mora presents a little microcosm of Hackney’s diversity
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Three stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden
The works, taken in a night-time raid last November, were dropped off by a concerned art collector in June
Armadillo, Yard Theatre: ‘A thriller about trauma, grief and memory’
Mumburger writer Sarah Kosar’s latest play is ‘dark, complicated and tense’
Residents line up to praise Basque restaurant Sagardi as it sets sights on Michelin star
Council loosen licensing restrictions on ‘exceptional’ venue
Hackney’s Windrush cookbook now up for grabs in local libraries
The book, featuring recipes from two recent baking sessions led by Bake Off star Liam Charles, launched on Windrush Day last month
Borough’s health services prepare for post-summer ‘asthma spike’ in children
Homerton Hospital nurse is raising awareness about increased risks to youngsters when they go back to school in September
St Joseph’s Hospice launches its first ever charity shop
Five Sisters on Mare Street is named after the pioneering women who helped set up the care centre in 1905
‘Don’t just bung in a cafe’: Councillors call on developer to make Worship Square building ‘special’
Planning committee chair seeks assurances over new building on ‘first public square the borough has built in God knows how many years’
The Hunt, Almeida Theatre: ‘This show has it all’
This stage adaptation of the iconic Danish film is ‘slick, clever and near faultless’
Che si può fare, Helen Cammock, Whitechapel Gallery: ‘Lost, hidden voices’
The Turner Prize-nominated artist’s multimedia solo show offers ‘stories of resilience in the face of oppression’
Buffet of books
Our resident food historian picks out her choice cuts from the culinary delights on offer at last month’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival
The Citizen Gardener: ‘There’s no such thing as a pest’
Kate Poland on how to create a pest-resistant environment and setting the wheels in motion for a mobile shed in Hackney
Titbits – Frosty recitals and unsettling titles
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – SEND, deliver
The council’s support for people with disabilities is admirable, but when it comes to its own services, there are still inconsistencies
Blurton Road residents speak out over ‘life-threatening’ speeding on their street
Transport chief promises to visit area as figures over speeding on residential street deemed ‘out of date’
Council pledges to end ‘disgrace’ of no-fault Section 21 evictions
Town Hall to lobby Communities Secretary to abolish Section 21 under new Prime Minister