Wave Caps: Former hack turns poet
Poet and journalist Miguel Cullen talks about his debut collection Wave Caps
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Person and Plate: dinner at Stoke Newington’s Aziziye Mosque
Over a veg stew, ex-Hackney Speaker Faizullah Khan talks cleanliness, cancer and Jerusalem
I don’t have an uncle who works in media… so is a creative career out of the question?
6-9pm Friday 15 July, afterparty 9pm – late
Leader — the legacy of the 2011 riots
Three years on from the riots, are we preparing for more civil unrest?
Titbits- Trash talk and historic horticulture
Scythes and a herd of cows replace tractors on Walthamstow Marshes but is the Council’s latest recycling initiative equally as primitive?
Bringing up girls: An interview with Melissa Benn
Benjamin Mortimer speaks to Melissa Benn about the state of schooling in the UK and her new book ‘What should we tell our daughters?’
Education in Hackney: Cllr Bramble on the challenges ahead
Newly appointed Cabinet Member for Children’s Services on her new role and priorities for the coming school year
Boom time for radio in East London
Hyperlocal radio is on the increase in East London with a slew of stations catering for niche audiences
Hackney officer found guilty of assault spared jail
Sgt Pilbeam handed two year suspended sentence after being found guilty of assaulting mentally ill prisoner
Thousands attend Shomrim crime prevention open day
A community event organised by the orthodox Jewish Neighbourhood Watch saw thousands gather at Clapton Common
Register, criminalise or ignore? Hands tied over Stamford Hill yeshiva schools
Unregistered faith schools are no secret, but they aren’t likely to enter the state system anytime soon
Newton Dunbar: 'The New Four Aces is wherever I play'
After running iconic Dalston club The Four Aces, Newton Dunbar has now reinvented himself as a reggae DJ
Life of Justin Fashanu remembered in song
Debut single by Elephant and Castles commemorates the life of Hackney-born footballer Justin Fashanu
'Too much silence around FGM perpetuates the tradition'
Director Alex Crampton talks about Little Stitches, four short plays about female genital mutilation, to be performed in three London theatres, including the Arcola, this month
Hackney WickED celebrates community of artists
Annual art festival returned this month with performance art, exhibitions, open studios and street food galore
Dalston's Grimeborn festival is underway
It’s the time of the season for alternative opera at the Arcola with annual Grimeborn festival