Own De Beauvoir! book review – ‘an oblique take on the construction of a neighbourhood’
This new ‘literary excavation’ by Jonathan Hoskins chronicles time in a fictionalised, yet still very real, De Beauvoir Town
Sarah Birch
A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – book review
Historian Travis Elborough charts the fascinating history of parks, those little pockets of nature most of us take for granted
A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution – book review
Historian Travis Elborough charts the fascinating history of parks, those little pockets of nature most of us take for granted
A Traveller's Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters – review
Samuel Pepys, Herman Melville and Christopher Columbus among the authors of a fascinating compendium of travel writing, co-compiled by Travis Elborough
A Traveller’s Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters – review
Samuel Pepys, Herman Melville and Christopher Columbus among the authors of a fascinating compendium of travel writing, co-compiled by Travis Elborough
East London collective Assemble become first 'non-artists' to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
East London collective Assemble become first ‘non-artists’ to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
Forecast: how East Londoners plan to vote on 7 May
Survey insights into how East London will vote and why in the upcoming General Election
Facelifts meet resistance as developers begin ‘intensification’ of Finsbury Park
Developments threaten to turn the Victorian rail hub into a clutch of high-rise towers
Stage review: Henry IV Part 1 and 2 at the Barbican
The Royal Shakespeare Company delivers Henry IV Parts I and II in all its traditional glory
Hackney photographer Stephen Gill publishes two new books
Two very different topics – weddings and pigeons – are the subjects of Stephen Gill’s most recent photo books
Photographer Stephen Gill’s Christmas appeal for Typhoon Haiyan
Limited edition of Stephen Gill print made using energy drinks is released to raise funds for Red Cross Philippines relief
Stephen Gill’s new collection draws on obsession with Hackney
Not in Service brings together past studies of the borough for the first time
Barbican brings Leandro Erlich’s Dalston House to heart of Hackney
Surreal installation artwork inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski
Blighty Coffee – review
Finsbury Park coffee shop sets tone for things to come with wholesome breakfasts and plans to branch out into culture
Shooting in N16 – photographer Andrew Dumbleton’s lens-eye view of Stoke Newington
Stokey caught on camera in snapper’s sellout volume