Barboun, Old Street, food review: ‘Soaring highs and plummeting lows’
The Levantine restaurant is ‘beautiful and refined’, so it’s a shame the food doesn’t quite match up
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‘Possibly iconic’ new look for Old Street station approved – but Hackney concerns remain
Transport boss ‘strongly urges’ Islington Council and TfL to alter plans amidst warnings of increased traffic flow
Council U-turn on ‘Chocolate Studios’ hotel planning application
Decision comes days after confirmation that controversial plans were to go to committee
‘Distraught’ residents of historic Chocolate Studios hit out at hotel planning decision
Development application to proceed to committee despite admissions of potential inaccuracies in documentation
‘Deities, not dinner’: Hackney and a plant-based past
Our resident food historian Gillian Riley points out that the vivid, varied vegan food we can now enjoy around the borough is rooted in traditions from hundreds of years ago
Non-electric cars set to be banned from parking in parts of Shoreditch
Charging points would be installed to try and encourage motorists to make the switch to cleaner vehicles
Kim Briggs death: Man charged following fatal collision involving cyclist in Old Street
Charlie Alliston, 19, of Trothy Road, Bermondsey, was charged with causing bodily harm by wilful misconduct in relation to incident earlier this year
Worth a butcher’s – Hill & Szrok restaurant review
Broadway Market meat specialists are expanding with a new pub and restaurant in Old Street
Worth a butcher’s – Hill & Szrok restaurant review
Broadway Market meat specialists are expanding with a new pub and restaurant in Old Street
1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Police say ‘take care after dark’ over three linked sexual assaults in Hackney
Officers’ call for witnesses in hunt for man suspected of three assaults
Police release CCTV images following Old Street sexual assault
The wanted pair are alleged to have assaulted a woman on Old Street
Old Street ‘relic’ roundabout to be scrapped as soon as next year
Mayor’s adviser confirms plans for redevelopment of Shoreditch’s Silicon Roundabout at Hackney Cycling conference
Occupy Justice protesters put Blair and bankers on trial
Courthouse squatters put top financiers and politicians in the dock. Audacious stunt comes days before eviction
Occupy London protestors to leave Shoreditch courthouse
Around 50 Occupy London protesters, including ex-servicemen group Occupy Veterans, have agreed to vacate the disused magistrates’ courthouse later this month
Occupy London protestors take over disused Shoreditch courthouse
Protestors include ex-servicemen group Occupy Veterans, arriving with ‘tank of ideas’