Night shelters to give food and warmth to homeless over Christmas
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Yesodey Hatorah Girls’ School in breach of admissions policy
Office of Schools Adjudicator rules Jewish school must revise its arrangements ‘as quickly as possible’
Studying Mossbourne Academy from the inside
A PhD devoted to Mossbourne written by one of its first employees, Dr Christy Kulz, is a slog of a read but worthwhile
Hackney City Farm celebrates 30 year anniversary
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, Hackney City Farm was founded on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
Iain Sinclair unpacks life in 70 films for new book – review
70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked In 70 Films is a ‘cultural autobiography’ full of insight and ideas about cinema
Punters petition to get The Joiners Arms listed as a ‘community asset’
Campaigners seek Asset of Community Value status for ‘legendary’ Shoreditch gay pub facing closure in the new year
Move to change arts funding could ‘penalise’ grassroots, says charity
Fears that diverting arts council funding away from London will harm small organisations the most
James Lucas: 'I’d like to produce a film that’s stylish, unflinching, slightly feral and entertaining'
With his debut short film tipped for an Oscar, Hackney based screenwriter James Lucas offers a preview of his latest script about an East London motorcycle gang
Ethiopian food comes Haile recommended
Food historian Gillian Riley discovers the unique culinary heritage of Africa’s oldest independent country
No moor room: canal boat families fight for their own stretch of water on River Lea
Hackney Boating Families seek to create ‘community moorings’ in Lower Clapton
What does the future hold for East End galleries?
Shoreditch’s Kemistry Gallery has announced it will soon be the latest casualty of the area’s spiralling rents. Nick Hagan explores a gallery scene in flux
Billy the kid review: panto hoedown
Acting the goat is encouraged down at the Rosemary B-ranch for panto-western Billy The Kid
Constructing Worlds – review: architecture that compels to silence
Barbican’s winter photography exhibition captures 80 years of modern architecture in all its diversity
Sowing the seeds of Hackney City Farm
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, the farm was founded 30 years ago on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
Hackney Greens announce general election candidates
Charlotte George will stand in Hackney South and Shoreditch and Heather Finlay in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Repairs leave Bow Mission mural damaged
Early work by iconic muralist Ray Walker has been dissected by two girders