Dissent on draught at Newington Green
Former sports pub taps into Hackney’s radical past
review
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon launches Oxjam in Dalston
Singer-songwriter plays gig in Oxfam shop to launch charity festival
Killing Them Softly – review
Brad Pitt plays a hitman in this black comedy thriller, adapted from a 70s crime novel of the same name
Caucasian Chalk Circle – review
Marxist playwright’s famous work seems quite at home in Shoreditch Church
Lawless – review
This period picture tells the true story of the Bondurant brothers in prohibition-era Virginia
The Teleportation Accident – review
Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction
London/33: East & West – review
Two new pocket-sized short story collections feature tales of each of London’s 33 boroughs
Hackney Film Festival 2012: Hackney Wick Canal Screening – review
Stamina and persistence did not go unrewarded at the final screening of this year’s Hackney Film Festival
Freeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition
New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving
Hackney Film Festival 2012 Shorts / Expanded Cinema / Emerging Filmmakers – review
More of the weekend’s diverse selection of cinematic events
Hackney Film Festival 2012 opening night – review
Avante-garde audiovisual performance comes to London Fields for first night of festival
1-2-3-4 Festival 2012 – review
New acts rub shoulders with some of the music industry’s legends at Shoreditch Park
Tip-top tapas at Trangállan
This charming restaurant on Newington Green is a great antidote to try-hard eateries