Adam Deacon: ‘I was too street and too scary for directors’
Adam Deacon talks about his Bafta for rising star and his desire to be a voice for modern youth
Interviews
Labrinth is SyCo’s latest signing but he doesn’t need a popstar bootcamp
Hard work and big tunes are all the Hackney producer cares about, but what if sleeping in the studio leads to a hobo beard?
After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
The Saturday interview: Mossbourne academy’s Sir Michael Wilshaw
Sir Michael Wilshaw is the super-strict head at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and is rumoured to become the new head of Ofsted. Can he repeat Mossbourne’s success nationwide?
Leona Lewis: the Hackney heroine has given Simon Cowell a lesson in taste
Collide singer talks epic spook-pop, riots and dodging Whitney style ballads with Sylvia Patterson
Royal Wedding: Tom Hunter: ‘All the other royal marriages have fallen apart now’
Photographer Tom Hunter creates an artwork to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
Lone wolf Phillips Idowu anxious to hunt down the pack in Barcelona
Beneath the dyed hair the world triple-jump champion is a fierce competitor
One last thing… Professor Green
He looks like Michael Cera, sounds like a Cluedo character, and sings with Lily Allen. Rich Pelley wises up to Professor Green