White Post Lane, Sundays 27 May, 17 June and 1 July. Proceeds to the Red Cross

The recent influx of technology firms into east London’s ‘Tech City’ is yet to gain overwhelming support from local creatives and entrepreneurs

The Citizen talks to Nick Waplington about his time in the Middle East and how it inspired his new show at See Studio

Helen Gordon’s debut novel Landfall finds emotional depth in escaping from Hackney to the suburbs

Punk and pearls at Hackney Wick, Saturday 17- Sunday 18 September

A group of Hackney artists pay tribute to the borough’s printmaking heritage with a new exhibition at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery

Hackney is to get a new neighbourhood which will be built on the site of the Olympic Park after the 2012 Games

The Citizen finds out more about this recently-opened Hackney Wick venue

This popular three day extravaganza drew thousands of art and music lovers to Hackney Wick and Fish Island last month. The Citizen explores the galleries

Tower Hamlets council considers plans for waste incinerator plant a stone’s throw from one of the borough’s creative quarters