Former Young Vic director Andy McQuade tells the Citizen about his new theatre which has opened in the basement of a Stoke Newington bar

Calls for the developer Newmark Properties and Sainsbury’s to attend a public meeting before a planning application is submitted

Kids are coming back to sport as Olympics organisers target couch potato youngsters with enticing outdoor events aimed at reversing negative associations with regimented PE lessons

Firm lobbying for controversial supermarket development hired to design new council website, Destination Hackney. Questions about Hackney councillors employed by company

Shakespeare’s popular comedy is running in Abney Park Cemetery this month

Gung-ho PR firm choice will backfire for supermarket giant

Residents condemn the ‘one-sided’ consultation about plans for a big new supermarket in the neighbourhood

A thriving Stoke Newington cabaret bar is proof that a good business plan can still persuade investors to back a great idea

From 9 July, the market shifts from its usual residence in Church Street. Growing Communities is set to host ‘the ultimate urban picnic’ to mark the occasion

Whilst critics claim that independent shops could be forced to close, the local business association says that traders hold ‘a range of views’