A Child of the East End, Jean Fullerton, book review: ‘Highly entertaining tale of growing up in Stepney’
Fullerton’s memoir will ‘resonate with many’ who lived through the social change of the late 20th-century
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Mayor apologises to campaigner who was told to move her pop-up parklet during ‘harmless community event’
Brenda Puech was approached by enforcement officers on Pop-up Parklet Day last weekend
Charity for African communities celebrates new home at council property in Clapton – with Hackney Mayor welcoming ‘brilliant’ organisation
AFRIDAC selected as new tenant at one of the 50 council buildings reserved for the voluntary sector
‘The trauma lasts for life’: Author and psychologist visits Hackney charity to launch novel about child trafficking
Angela Karanja’s thriller, Smuggled, is based on her experiences working with teenagers
The Cherry Orchard, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Space drama that never quite gets into orbit’
Vinay Patel’s reimagining of the Chekhov classic is ‘weighed down by its own ambition’
Anti-LTN campaigner stages silent protest after being told her question about air quality would not be considered at health meeting
Council says cabinet is ‘most appropriate body’ to respond to Clair Battaglino’s concerns
Stamford Hill Clockhouse to be put up for sale – with council urging local businesses to help bring it back into use
Town Hall is keen to hear from ‘organisations with a presence in Stamford Hill’ as it prepares to market the property
Hackney Wick set to benefit from £1.2m fund to help creative industries go green
City Hall announces grants of up to £200k for London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones
Hackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths
Volunteers at the charity are ‘worried’, with food donations falling away despite demand doubling
‘We’re all in’: Award-winning wildlife illustrator to open studio and shop in Clapton after crowdfunding success
Ben Rothery delighted to ‘put roots down’ in his local borough – with Hidden Planet set to open later this year
St John at Hackney Church to host memorial service for the Queen this Sunday
Local MPs and councillors will join the event, which will be shown on screens outside the church
Three Crowns, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘Elevated pub grub with flamboyant little details’
Chef Ousmane Gaye and his team lift a classic afternoon at the boozer to new heights
‘Once-in-a-generation chance’: Crowdfunder for wild swimming pond in East London smashes past the halfway mark
Volunteer-led campaign has raised £250k in a matter of months
‘Like losing a mother’: Hackney councillors unite to remember a Queen who ‘defined modern Britain’
Politicians from all parties used their full council meeting to pay tribute to the late monarch
Hackney Council to sell off seven-bedroom mansion it bought in 2015 for troubled families scheme
Counselling project closed at the start of the pandemic – as property expected to fetch £2m
Both Sides of the Blade, film review: ‘A world of small rooms and bottled emotions’
Claire Denis’s romantic drama is an ‘interesting addition to the genre, but not a game-changer’