Ben Mortimer: ‘I want to preserve the block WhatsApp group and people doing things for their neighbours’
The local writer on his experience of lockdown, what it has meant to friends and neighbours, and why he’s ‘extremely glad’ for Victoria Park
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Volunteer Centre Hackney attracts record number of helpers during pandemic
Charity reveals more than 2,000 have signed up since lockdown began as it marks week of thanks for volunteers across the UK
Plan to scrap free travel for under-18s is an ‘attack on our children’, says Jennette Arnold
Hackney’s City Hall representative condemns government’s proposal in the conditions for Transport for London’s £1.6bn bailout
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘Despite high-profile errors, technology has proven to be a saving grace during the pandemic’
The local writer looks into the relationship between man and machine as it ‘approaches a critical juncture’
Local artists create online crime mystery in aid of Hackney Giving
Creative studio Swamp Motel’s virtual whodunnit has been delighting guests during lockdown
Local cookery school’s lockdown delivery service has dished out 25,000 meals
Made In Hackney looking at how to extend ‘life-saving’ scheme beyond June after huge response to its crowdfunder
Voice of children being ‘stifled’ during pandemic, council warns
Leading officers speak of concerns about the lack of coverage of young people’s experiences of lockdown
Hackney1000 under lockdown smashes expectations to raise £21k
From running and cycling to Spice Girls lip syncs, locals got stuck in for much-loved youth charity Hackney Quest
Schools should not reopen if union tests not passed, say councillors
Mayor and education chief say schools have their ‘full support, whatever they choose to do’ on 1 June
Travis Elborough: Maps for the mind during lockdown
The acclaimed local author on why we now need maps more than ever, ‘even if the routes and roads they contain are never taken’
Poetry: Time by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the slower rhythm of life under lockdown
One Saturday in 82 on Broadway Market, Stuart Goodman, book review: ‘Every photo is worth a second look – and then a third’
The street has made headlines for the wrong reasons during lockdown, so what better time to remember its history through this ‘charming’ snapshot?
Domestic abuse referrals up 60 per cent in Hackney during lockdown
Town Hall’s intervention service says restrictions are ‘creating more opportunity for perpetrators to hurt and control victims’
Poetry: Car Sick by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright finds herself at the mercy of a driver with a death wish as she tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest speech
Antony and Cleopatra, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘As long as the Nile but not quite as fertile’
The 2018 production of Shakespeare’s classic, starring Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo in the title roles, is available to watch right now
Beanz meanz…
In search of a suitable lockdown subject, our resident food historian hits upon a humble tin of black-eyed beans in her kitchen cupboard