CLATTERING HOOVES, clanging tram bells and the revving of motor vehicles… East London streets were a riot of sounds in the Roaring Twenties. And
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Rare African artworks lost in Shoreditch find their place in a Hackney gallery
AN OLD SHOREDITCH church is the unlikely site of an extraordinary discovery: African art that has lain unseen for almost 30 years. In
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A poet pens some lines (without any rhymes) to put us all on the pavement to the pub on time
YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE a business that works out a way to capitalise on the worst crisis to hit the world since World
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In the market for a buy or a rental? Hackney may be ripe for the picking
IS THIS THE TIME to try to swap the shackles of rent for the bonds of mortgage? As we ponder life after the coronavirus
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Locals furious as buyer of Haggerston people’s baths demands 2 more storeys
THE BATTLE to save the swimming pool in the Haggerston Baths buildings has been lost. The hall that accommodates the 15m pool will never again echo
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Switch off — or face a huge fine plans anti-idling Hackney. But there is a big delay
* Update June 2020: for reasons Hackney council is now attributing to lockdown, Loving Dalston was given information that became premature when the Covid-19
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Hackney council is splashing out £4.5 million on a new pool for its popular lido
SPLASH! AN EMAIL PLOPS into Loving Dalston’s email tank from Hackney council: London Fields Lido is to get a new, separate learner pool. If
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Christmas Day pubs 2019: a great year for a relaxed amble to the alehouse
A WEE CHRISSIE PRESENT for Hackneyites who like to go on a healthy walk before Christmas lunch: the Prince George is joining the barrel
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Can this sign in Hackney help to save people from slavery, an ancient horror that still haunts the modern world?
YOU MAY HAVE BEEN mystified by billboards like the one shown above that are popping up all over London. One has been erected in
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A free drink in Hackney: just say the word at the bar and it will be yours
* UPDATE Monday 290719: this offer has now ended FANCY A FREE DRINK? Head for super Hackney pub the Virgin Queen.
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