Taking on the Empire – review
Taking on the Empire tells the story of how an old bingo hall was transformed into what is now the Hackney Empire
Books
Stranger in a Borrowed Land – review
Lotte Moos was a writer on Hackney’s radical literary scene in the 1970s
Airtime for the classics – Shoreditch Radio launches book club
Classics Corner book club on Shoreditch Radio celebrates classic literature in an accessible way
London Folk Tales – review
Thirty tales of London drawn from oral history, written sources and local reminiscences marvel in the mystery of the great city
Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review
Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator
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
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
Dramas and Dissent – ‘Stokey’ distilled
The editor of Stoke Newington’s N16 Magazine has published a book of the publication’s ‘greatest hits’
Famous atheist’s ungodly guide – interview with Alom Shaha
The Hackney Citizen catches up with Alom Shaha, author of The Young Atheist’s Handbook
East End Backpassages – review
Book of alternative walks highlights strange and quirky side streets
Book tribute to Stoke Newington bomb victims
New book about the bombing of Coronation Avenue during the Blitz includes moving personal accounts of life in Hackney 72 years ago