YAOAY announce New Year’s Eve party and new EP
Indie / post-punk / electro funk band based in Hackney Wick to release debut EP in New Year
Julia Ross
UBS squatters at ‘Bank of Ideas’ face eviction delay
Squatters occupying a UBS-owned building in Hackney are optimistic after possession order delay
‘I predict a riot … again’ – trader Alessio Rastani speaks at Occupy London’s new Bank of Ideas
Speaking at the newly-open Bank of Ideas, Alessio Rastani the Bank of Ideas warns of more global protests and riots
Occupy London’s Bank of Ideas to open in Hackney
Occupy London’s third outpost, the ‘Bank of Ideas’ in Shoreditch, will be a place for ideas and meetings say campaigners
East London Design Show 2011
The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers
Interview: Hackney author Tim Gee on his new book, Counterpower
Tim Gee talks about the history civil disobedience and why ‘Counterpower’ is crucial for democracy
Riot torn Hackney newsagent Siva Kandiah wins national retailer award
Clarence Road shopkeeper, whose store was ransacked in the Hackney riots, wins Independent Community Retailer of the Year Award
Coming soon: Hackney Picturehouse to open
Picturehouse to open new Hackney cinema in Mare Street later this month
Britney Spears shoots Criminal video as council bars gang drama filming on Hackney estates
Replica gun used at Stoke Newington Town Hall as council fears residents risk having ‘neighbourhoods stigmatised’
Donna Walker makes aMEND
Award-winning artist’s new collection comes to The Residence in Victoria Park Village
Infinite Blue: exhibition revisits life in Ceausescu’s Romania
Stefan Constantinescu’s first solo exhibition at Galerie 8 explores the notion of art in a totalitarian state
I Am Braziliality
A new exhibition challenges preconceptions and looks at the nation’s culture and identity afresh
Bicycle Thieves: at the View Tube and Folly for a Flyover
Friday 1 – Wednesday 6 July 2011
Stoke Newington Literary Festival unveils 2011 programme
Friday 3 – Sunday 5 June 2011, various venues