BEYONCÉ, PJ HARVEY, Ridley Road Market, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dalston and, above all, the East End — Gus Casely-Hayford dropped enough names and voiced
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Silence from officialdom over Hackney job only for ‘Black… and People of Colour’
OFFERING JOBS ONLY to people from under-represented groups is unlawful because it is discriminatory. So says the law. Yet that is what a Hackney
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Whiteout! How fake news wiped away some of Hackney’s finest street art
SOME OF THE FINEST ART SEEN on the streets of London has been wiped out by fake news. Hip-hop Raised Me, a striking collage
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Two thirds of Jewish ultra-orthodox have Covid, says study, as Stamford Hill struggles with virus
COVID-19 IS LIKELY TO HAVE infected two thirds of the UK’S ultra-Orthodox Jews, suggests a study commissioned by the community itself. The rate
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Care about Dalston? Suddenly you and many others may find yourself studying a supermarket car park
WHEN DALSTONERS recently received a leaflet with a message from an agent of a big West End property investor, they may well have been
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🎅Merry Christmas to all🎅… happy Hackney doorsteps into the 2020 festive season
IF THE SANTA EMOJI in the headline looks a little downcast it could be because the wreath displays are looking a little underpowered
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Things we may need but cannot afford: Hackney libraries find a way to let us hire them
THE CLASSIC “if only I had the right tool” excuse could soon be obsolete in Hackney households. The council has taken up the library
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Protesters fail to topple Geffrye slavery statue at Hackney museum under attack from two sides
* Update spring 2021: The museum reopening is scheduled for Saturday 12 June this year. * Update December 2020: It shall not be moved, the
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Best woodworker in Britain? Dalston’s Emma thinks she might just nail it
* UPDATE 221020: The series described here, The Chop, has been, uhm, chopped, since a national newspaper noticed that some of a male contestant’s tattoos
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Signs of relief as streetwise campaigners win preservation promise from Hackney council
HERITAGE LOVERS HAVE WON their campaign to persuade Hackney council to save a slice of the borough’s history. The council has promised to preserve
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