Plans for ‘rabbit hutch’ flats on Kingsland Basin attract storm of objections
Concerns raised over potential harm to ‘important, valued and historic environment’
Regent's Canal
Battle of the Potemkin: Town Hall seeks demolition of Hackney’s answer to Serpentine
Town Hall ‘disputes artistic merit’ of Antepavilion structure as competition aims to ‘expose and question authoritarian planning culture’
The Citizen Gardener: ‘An urban garden at night brings wildness and community’
Kate Poland on how developments are disrupting the important balance of natural light and darkness for community spaces, why she’s happier knitting at night, and how a group of local gardeners have put the borough on the map in Europe
Hackney gardeners win Europe-wide award for work on Regent’s Canal
Members of the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston travelled to Austria last week to collect the prize
Brain food: charity Headway’s new supper club and homemade grub brings people to the table
Headway EATS and their crack kitchen squad, made up of survivors of brain injury, delivered a Middle Eastern meal and good vibes besides – their next event is coming soon…
Letter – ‘Cycling pundits push a social divide’
A Hackney resident responds to our article about conflicts between people on two wheels and those on foot
London Life – book review: a wonderful photographic celebration of the city
In this photo memoir by Colin O’Brien it is not just London that is changing, but also the very nature of photography
Adrift: A Secret Life of London’s Waterways, review – ‘serious and fascinating’
Poetic, informative and thoroughly researched, Adrift is author Helen Babbs’s account of living on the canals and waterways of London
Adrift: A Secret Life of London’s Waterways, review – ‘serious and fascinating’
Poetic, informative and thoroughly researched, Adrift is author Helen Babbs’s account of living on the canals and waterways of London
Campaigners furious over ‘alien spaceship’ building proposed for canalside
Friends of Regent’s Canal says building will dominate existing buildings and force out residents
Hackney’s ban on rough sleeping will ‘criminalise homeless’, warns charity
New Public Space Protection Order will ban ‘anti-social activities’ such as street drinking, begging and rough sleeping in Hackney ‘hot spots’
The Proud Archivist – arts and food on Regent’s Canal
New venue is a combination of restaurant and arts hub
Rat urine bug threat to canal revellers
As messy fallout from chaotic party continues to attract scorn, new warning of potentially fatal Weil’s Disease
‘My home is not a toilet’: fury after floating festival sinks into anarchy
Recriminations fly after event as residents allege debauched anti-social behaviour by hordes of revellers
No damp squib: revellers hoist anchor despite ‘danger’ warning
Big turnout for canal festivities after Trust says event could lead to ‘disaster’ and organisers pull plug
Safety fears sink Canalival: plug pulled on floating festival
Waterway carnival runs aground as Trust warns “caravan of calamity” could be “recipe for disaster”