Rudy's Rare Records is 'black High Fidelity', says show's creator
Lenny Henry stars in play of radio comedy in which three generations of a family try to stop developers from turning their record shop into a supermarket
Latest
Could London run on more sun?
As energy prices reach new heights, we’re wasting our solar potential, writes Kirsty Styles
Before Kingsland Road: the history of Turkish barbecue
Gillian Riley goes back centuries to discover the ancient Sufic origins of a local favourite
Former Hackney schoolgirl starts campaign to help migrant students
Budding barrister Chrisann Jarrett sets up Let us Learn to help young people access higher education
Hackney UTC: A fragile flagship
London’s first University Technical College will close its doors after two years due to lack of student desire to study there
Hackney Downs Studios to host season of plays in "roundabout" theatre
Child rearing anxiety, the meltdown of an obsessive Kate Bush fan, and a teacher who turns into a troll, all feature in Brave New Work season of one act plays
How one Shoreditch firm is winning the world series of broadband
Meet the award-winning firm ushering in a new era of painless internet access
Exhibition review: Empty Streets – Noel Gibson's East London (1967–1975)
Noel Gibson’s paintings of East London have no people in them but record with affection its old buildings and streets
London Fashion Week to spring into action
Always looking ahead, East London designers are set to unveil next year’s Spring-Summer collections
Bring food – not a ticket – to see Rainbow Collective's documentary about Bangladesh
Whitechapel production company to run Food for Film initiative at screening of Mass E Bhat, a story about growing up in the slums of Bangladesh
Firefighters tackle huge fire in Stamford Hill
No injuries but roof of building ‘badly damaged’
Hackney Town Hall tackles ‘cowboy’ letting agents
Is a Council-run lettings agency the answer to the borough’s housing crisis?
Titbits — Charity knit-picking, turfed out terrapins and hipster hassle
Mayor Pipe and Hackney Heroine have trendy tiff, government’s ‘Victorian’ stance on charities and predators finally purged from Clissold Park pond
Leader — Children pay for Gove’s tinkering
Schools see mixed GCSE results amidst shifting goalposts
Flippin’ brilliant: Dolphin Pub wins late licence court battle
Mare Street party pub wins right to open till 4am
Sam Lee and the Unthanks to play lost and found folk music of First World War
Collaboration between Sam Lee and The Unthanks is inspired by lives and stories of generation that witnessed World War I