Horsemeat scandal hits poorest hardest says Hackney MP
Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott highlights impact on low-income households as meat health scare continues
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Cakey Muto – caked in love on Valentine’s Day
‘Be Mine’ and ‘You’ll do’ are among the love messages atop Valentine’s Day cupcakes from Cakey Muto
Eight Days A Week – Fades to Valentine pink
Punk rock outfit The Fades get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with double A-side single
Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review
Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator
Prophesy – prophets and loss of love
A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain
Field Day gets its acts together
Victoria Park’s annual Field Day festival is looking an increasingly enticing prospect for the May bank holiday, with a new set of acts now confirmed
Lincoln – review
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture
Under The Cranes – charting change in Hackney
Under the Cranes by Emma-Louise Williams looks at Hackney across generations and features a script by poet Michael Rosen
Mare Rider – review
Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism
History teaching in schools faces ‘whitewash’ warn Hackney politicians
Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Cllr Patrick Vernon sign open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove to scrap National Curriculum reform
Post War Years to release new album Galapagos
Hackney band Post War Years have put their past as hard- up musicians behind them with a new album
Victorian frescoes discovered at Hoxton church
Religious art by son of Gothic Revival pioneer uncovered at St Monica’s Priory in Hoxton
London Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review
Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water
Hackney Friends of the Earth highlights air pollution problems
Air pollution is an invisible threat we should not hide from says local eco campaign group
Local history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing