Palestinian eatery Tatreez opens in Stoke Newington
Levantine and vegetarian food on the menu at venue that also hosts live music
Josh Loeb
Dracula revamped at Wilton's Music Hall
Shadwell shocker as notorious bloodsucker resurfaces in dance theatre production
Hackney Council says yes to Morning Lane fashion hub development
Manhattan Loft Corporation and Chatham Works win approval for high end retail scheme
The Barrier at the Park Theatre – review
Play about Haredi and their neighbours contains clever premise but is ultimately underwhelming
Labour ‘dictatorial’ for scrapping Scrutiny Board, say opposition councillors
Majority party defends decision and says residents will still be able to hold politicians to account
GP social enterprise CHUHSE unseats Harmoni to run out-of-hours services in Hackney
Private healthcare provider fails in bid to win multi-million pound contract
‘I feel like an otter’: Hackney Citizen man’s verdict on West Reservoir swimming
Open water experience is ‘better than Hampstead Heath ponds’, despite compulsory wetsuit
Puppet of the opera: who’s pulling strings at the Rosemary Branch?
Company Third Hand stage triple bill featuring ‘bonkers’ stage shows
‘Odd’ diarists featured in Travis Elborough’s book A London Year
Stoke Newington author’s project provides portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to present day
‘Hackney’s roads among most polluted in London’
Boris under fire from Greens over harmful NO2 emissions
Hackney activists fighting badger killing speak out from inside cull zone
Saboteurs from London Against the Cull take action as Defra defends ‘necessary’ shooting
Urban animals the focus of artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman’s film Taskafa
Treatment of street dogs of Istanbul “a whisper of what we do to people”, says longtime Haggerston resident
Connecting Nothing with Something – review
Briny collection featuring Salena Godden is latest title from Gary Budden and Kit Caless’ ‘site specific’ Influx Press
Complete Poems of Howard Mingham published by imprint Caparison
Writer Ken Worpole pays tribute to gifted Hackney poet who died in mysterious circumstances in 1984
Hackney’s St Joseph’s Hospice gets five stars from patients
Institution has come far since it was established by Irish nuns in 1900
Save Lea Marshes campaigners warn of car park ‘threat’ to green space
Pressure group’s rallying cry to protect ‘common land’