‘I found my East Berlin right here in East London’: Hackney Tours interview
We meet Simon Cole who, as the man behind the ‘alternative experience walks’, knows his Hackney history and the lay of the land locally
2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games
Titbits – growing Momentum, growing beards, and the council’s Olympic false start
Facial furniture, Labour elections and more cancelled council meetings feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Listed Hackney building restoration completed
The council and English Heritage step in to help save an historic Mare Street mansion block