Feminist Dissent in Shoreditch: new journal hopes to ‘amplify the voices’ of women under oppression
The inaugural issue was launched at the Rich Mix in an evening of music, comedy and debate
Adam Barnett
Artist Stik supports junior doctors’ strike at Homerton Hospital
‘The NHS is very vulnerable – we need to look after it, because it looks after us.’
Life on Mars: children ‘transported to red planet’ for Now Press Play game
Workshop used wireless headphones as part of mission to martian landscape
Dalston’s late night joints could be forced to close doors earlier
Council plans for ‘special policy area’ welcomed by residents
Hackney gangster movie seeks funds
Makers of new film hope to encourage donations with first trailer
Boaters go to court to fight seizure notices
Canal and River Trust says regulation is needed owing to ‘congested waterways’
Hackney residents prepare for ‘last stand’ over Woodberry Down regeneration
Plans to demolish homes will be contested at Hackney Town Hall
Human Library’s books and bookworms aim to combat prejudice
Striking up a conversation with a stranger ‘unique’ in atomised metropolis, say participants
‘Ghost trains’ to run through Hackney, warn campaigners
Protesters demonstrate outside Hackney Wick station against TfL’s removal of guards on trains
Rival Stamford Hill neighbourhood forums rejected by Hackney Council
Proposals for two competing community groups rejected by the council’s cabinet for creating “major community tensions”
Hackney man charged with 1985 murder of PC Keith Blakelock appears in court
44-year-old charged with stabbing to death policeman during Tottenham riots
FGM – a cruelty in our midst
Is talk of ending the practice of female genital mutilation just empty words?
The ‘taboo’ of atheism in black communities – Leo Igwe at Hackney Attic
Nigerian human rights campaigner tackles belief in witchcraft and speaks in favour of atheism during Hackney Attic talk
Students catch tech bug with electric firefly installation
‘Solar swarm’ engages students in science, technology, engineering and maths through creativity
Foreign music students face deportation in visa row
Immigration crackdown means students at music college attended by Leona Lewis may have to leave UK midway through their courses
Uproar over council’s plans for Hackney Marshes ‘land grab’
Previous experience leaves many in Hackney cold over marshes’ ‘commercialisation’