Hackney gets fired up about ceramics at Turning Earth studios
Hoxton studios are at the forefront of a discreet boom in hand-made ceramics
Benjamin Mortimer
Feminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus
Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past
Right to Buy ‘attack on social housing’ is close to becoming law
Warning that sale of council homes under Right to Buy will ‘destroy’ communities
‘Unprecedented’ cuts to schools’ per-pupil funding loom
Hackney’s schools could lose £51 million a year, claims teachers’ union
Housing: Why Hackney Council needs to get ‘passiv aggressive’
Passivhaus housing can reduce energy bills to almost zero, meaning a substantial CO2 saving – so why isn’t the council commissioning it?
The Divided Laing review – inside the mind of a psychiatrist
Arcola production about R.D. Laing’s 1960s mental health commune examines the nature of psychiatry while remaining at its core a domestic farce
Was R.D. Laing a mental health pioneer or a dangerous maverick?
A new play at the Arcola looks at the legacy of the ‘anti-psychiatrist’ whose mental illness centre in Bow became notorious for its controversial methods
Police cuts threaten stop and search progress
New stop and search methods have reduced the frequency of searches and improved accuracy. But cuts to police funding mean improvements might be lost
The blogging headmaster: an interview with BSix head Ken Warman
On his tenth anniversary at BSix the award-winning head talks culture, cuts and the blog he runs from the college website
Fears government-backed postgraduate loans will leave students out
George Osborne has surprised students by announcing plans to bring in postgraduate loans but there are important caveats
Out There and proud: Hackney LGBT project spreads the message of equality
A new network aims to build on achievements made by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groups
Why heritage activism is something worth developing
Taking an active interest in the built environment shows good citizenship according to heritage chief and pasta sauce pioneer Loyd Grossman
Choice in Hackney project makes headway on disability needs
New initiative seeks to improve care for disabled people through training provided by users themselves
Finding Bedlam: A skeleton's eye view of the Crossrail Project
Crossrail’s chief archaeologist talks about the ‘Bedlam’ excavations, finding 17th-century human remains and feeling connected to the past
Balfron Tower: Unseen documents shed light on controversial sale
New website reveals information on all aspects on the Balfron Tower, from its revolutionary design to its refurbishment and sale into private hands
The Flat White Economy – book review
Douglas McWilliams’ The Flat White Economy dishes the data on East London’s digital economy, and explains why it might save the UK