East End exhibitions – five of the best for November
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
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Derelict toilet on Clapton Common to become ‘community venue’ next year
Local interest group behind the plans is on the lookout for the ‘right tenant’
Ridley Road Market: Council survey sparks fears over gentrification
Town Hall says questionnaires about its local markets are about ‘improvements’ and none are ‘under threat’
Rogue landlords face £30k on-the-spot fines under new council powers
Package of penalties will help Town Hall ‘quickly punish’ landlords who exploit tenants
Victoria Park to host ‘exciting’ new 10-day festival next summer
The xx and The National to headline All Points East, which is taking over from Lovebox and Field Day in 2018
House-building company plans have not been ‘brought before’ cabinet – despite being promised for 2017
In April council officers said it would be set up “by the end of the year”
Wear the Walk in Hackney Central offers blockbuster fashion – to rent
Seconds from the behemoth fashion brands of Hackney Walk lies a new, subscription-based kind of clothing outlet, masterminded by 26-year-old entrepreneur Zoe Partridge
New bike-sharing scheme being ‘ruined by vandalism’, claims user
Ofo regular says venture is ‘falling apart’ after less than two months as bikes are ‘constantly trashed’ and ‘dumped in bins’
‘Super creative’ Hackney Baha’i community put on exhibition
Light of Unity art show, which honours the birth of the faith’s prophet Baha’u’llah, opens at Hackney Central’s A-side B-side Gallery tonight at 7pm
Yak @ Village Underground, live music review: the whole world in their hands
Yak’s wild take on modern psychedelia is only enhanced by the energetic antics of whirlwind frontman Oli Burslem
Primary school pupils brush up for Ridley Road art project
Hackney illustrator Sion Ap Tomos to help kids from Princess May sketch out their thoughts on ‘living in a changing area’
Cockney-themed Christmas supper club slammed for ‘poorface’ press image
Zebedee Theatre artistic director Zoe Wellman defends upcoming Homerton production as ‘tongue-in-cheek’
‘Hidden education crisis’ to hit Hackney’s most vulnerable children, warns Deputy Mayor
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble calls for ‘crucial’ government reforms as council is left with ‘no other option’ but to cut high needs funding
Grenfell: Hackney U-turned on releasing old fire safety checks for tower blocks, says housing chief
Council review says Town Hall changed its mind about publishing FRAs
Meg Hillier opens new ‘creative business hub’ in De Beauvoir
Hackney South MP unveils plaque in front of 100 guests at launch party
Jihadi John-linked speaker dropped from Stand Up to Racism event with Diane Abbott
CAGE’s Moazzam Begg dropped just weeks after Hackney branch appearance