War of words over future of iconic Dalston Peace Mural
Artwork under threat, according to campaigners, but council insists its survival is not in doubt
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Eastern Electrics Festival 2013 – preview
Rev up for ‘bigger and louder’ EE2013 electronic music festival in August
Award winning children’s author Sally Gardner comes out fighting with attack on Michael Gove
Hackney-based medal winner says education secretary ‘wants to be the biggest headmaster that ever bossed the world around’
Linking salary with performance is ‘nonsense’ says superhead Ken Warman
BSix Brooke House Principal tells of innovative ways to increase aspirations, and reveals his dislike of performance-related pay
Rebirth of house, techno and garage in Hackney at FOUND Fest 2013
Maya Jane Coles, Lee Foss and Huxley among headline acts in Haggerston Park
TEDx Hackney at the Arcola – review
Talk on technology, entertainment and design proves a hit in Dalston
Driver dragged from cab and kicked in face in terrifying assault near London Fields
Victim pleaded with assailants to stop attacking him as he lay bleeding on the ground
Elite wheelchair basketball players to shoot hoops at Hackney Sparrows base
Eight teams to compete in winner takes all tournament on 6 July
Hackney Weekend pop gig made no money for Marshes upkeep admits Council
2012 concert that caused damage to green space was cited as example in debate about money-making events
Wildlife trust makes splash with plans to open up Hackney reservoirs to visitors
Birds could also benefit from scheme to make manmade Victorian lakes more accessible to public
Kill time at death talks: Morbid Anatomy lecture series at Last Tuesday Society
Batty events for those with grave concerns take in such subjects as the Neapolitan cult of the dead and London’s folk medicine
Hooded Gainsborough Primary School pupils leave desks to spraypaint playground wall
Luckily it was part of an official art project or they could have risked detention or worse
Over a decade after Stephen Lawrence inquiry, how has stop and search changed?
Judicial inquiry into 1993 murder condemned disproportionate use of powers. Now experts hear too many young people still feel the law is ‘not for them’
Mother Clucker at the Shacklewell Arms – review
Free range fried chicken wings and thighs bring Southern soul to Hackney
Criminal London: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Capital of Crime – review
Fiendish history of our streets laid bare in criminally good volume