Taking on the Empire – review
Taking on the Empire tells the story of how an old bingo hall was transformed into what is now the Hackney Empire
Sarah Birch
Stranger in a Borrowed Land – review
Lotte Moos was a writer on Hackney’s radical literary scene in the 1970s
Food Kitchen ‘Made In Hackney’ brings health and happiness
Not-for-profit cooking workshops are giving wannabe chefs a taste for the local
Temple of Doom
Ridley Road is getting its arts in gear with the opening of the new Doomed Gallery
Marvellous new mural brightens London Fields
A new mural in London Fields painted by locals presents Hackney as the centre of the world
Barbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
The Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Hackney: An Uncommon History in Five Parts – review
This new book from the Hackney Society charts life from 1612 until the present day
Spitalfields Life: the everyday East End
A collection of blog posts about East London is now published as a hardback
Et Cetera – remarkable art from mundane materials
An exhibition at Hoxton Art Gallery finds unexpected beauty and fascination in the often-ignored debris of city life
Disappearing Dalston
A new photographic exhibition celebrates lost places in a changing neighbourhood
Horrible Histories at the Hackney Empire: don’t spare the blood and gore
With a stage version of his Horrible Histories soon to open at the Hackney Empire, Terry Deary explains why blood curdling accounts of historical events and newspapers can be good for kids
Hackney councillor Rick Muir ‘saves’ the British pub
Councillor pens influential think tank reports in support of all-party call for reform of pub industry
Skate Wars: The Empire Skates Back
Fast, feisty and furious, London Rockin’ Rollers face Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in what promises to be a hard-fought battle. Skate Wars women’s roller derby thunders on Hackney’s borders