ON AN autumn Saturday soon, clubbers will see a procession of 14 bands trying to make music as they slip and slide on the
Read MoreSave Our Ship! East End’s SS Robin needs help
IN THE East End more than a century ago a little cargo ship was built at Bow Creek, one of 1,500 made there between
Read MoreSuper chef shows Shoreditch her charcoal style
EIGHTEEN MONTHS ago Loving Dalston reported that a young Hackney chef who had been winning high praise from top critics wanted to open her
Read MoreLife and death with Gypsies: a new Hackney film
TO SPOT a good movie or play from a few notes is not easy. Were it otherwise, we’d all be producers. Crowdfunding has changed that,
Read MoreLondon City Island: another East End shut-out?
* UPDATE 250816: The first lot of 100 flats on City Island have sold quickly this month August 2016 for between £400,000 and £760,000.
Read MoreHomes await migrants flying to Hackney
* Update, autumn 2016: One of the two nest boxes on the south-side lift tower at the railway station fell off after a storm.
Read MorePushed into traffic outside a Dalston youth club
CROWDS of teenagers queueing outside a Hackney youth club during the peak commuting period blocked the pavement, in one case pushing people into the
Read MoreHive in Hackney opens refugee aid drop-off
THOUSANDS of migrants have been dying horribly at sea, and apart from volunteer outfits and the media, nobody in the affluent West took much
Read MoreWonderful Wurlitzer wows down in Stepney
NOTHING IS quite as cheesy as the Wurlitzer organ. By comparison, the Farfisa and Hammond, staple of many a corny pop song, is an instrument
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