East London’s market garden scene was once a hotbed of commerce, where fruit, vegetables and exotic plants once flourished
Posted inFILM
Stutterer: film review – universal themes in modern East London
Short film set in Hackney was an under-the-radar Oscar success, portraying an East London man’s struggle to live with a debilitating speech impediment
Posted inBOOKS
Will Volley, Hackney graphic novelist and creator of The Opportunity – interview
Comics artist Will Volley may have the perfect pitch for his new graphic novel – selling door-to-door
Posted inFOOD & DRINK
Boceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class
Traditional tapas and kooky cocktails are the order of the day at this relaxed Mare Street eatery
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Slave’s Lament – an art film with “raw immediacy” from Mile End auteur
A Robert Burns song is given a reggae makeover in a film by Matt’s Gallery artist Graham Fagen
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Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies
Workers at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage
Posted inMUSIC
Azealia Banks axed from Hackney music festival after racist rant at Zayn Malik
US rapper was due to perform at Rinse Born & Bred festival in Haggerston Park, but has been told she’s no longer welcome after Twitter meltdown
Posted inART
Stephen Staunton’s ‘dramas of colour’ make Headway in Bethnal Green this month
Stephen Staunton started painting his ‘patchwork dramas of colour’ after he sustained a brain injury
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Aviary exhibition wings its way to Transition Gallery
Hackney gallery has been transformed into an artistic bird house
Posted inSTAGE
After Independence: staging the politics of Zimbabwe
The complex power dynamics of Zimbabwe post-independence is the subject of a new play at the Arcola