Archive for 2021
Double Murder, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Unevenness that technical skill cannot temper’
Despite ‘beautiful moments’, this two-in-one show ‘lurches from one extreme to the other’
Read MoreNew climate change festival launches in Hackney Wick next week
FieldFest will feature three days of talks, activities, food and fun – kicking off on 23 September at the White Building
Read MoreAddress Book, Neil Bartlett, book review: ‘A treat for all readers, gay and straight alike’
The author and theatre director’s ‘poignant’ fifth novel explores the gay experience through history
Read More‘No-one wanted to leave!’: Hackney’s Dementia Festival makes ‘emotional’ return
After last year’s Covid-inflicted cancellation, guests were finally able to get together for dancing, singing, and afternoon tea
Read MoreHopes & Fears, Arcola Outside, stage review: ‘Beauty buried in pain’
An opera that faces up to its difficult subject matter ‘all pipes blasting’
Read MoreNoise complaints climbed sharply in Hackney during first lockdown
‘Very challenging time’ saw calls to the Town Hall’s out-of-hours team skyrocket
Read MoreYoung artists invited to design a mural featuring Hackney’s threatened species
Homerton Green forum teams up with climate change organisation to raise awareness of local wildlife
Read MoreOpen House Festival salutes two Hackney institutions for their loyal participation
The Town Hall and the Dalston Curve Garden receive green plaques from the organisers of the annual architecture celebration
Read MoreSingin’ in the Rain, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘Hollow aftertaste that even 6,000 litres of water can’t wash away’
‘Feel-good escapism’ that fails to capture the magic of the original film
Read MoreShoreditch gallery ‘devastated’ after local artist’s painting stolen in daytime heist
Stephen Harwood’s Commercial Street landscape taken off the wall in broad daylight at Studio 1.1 on Redchurch Street
Read MoreHackney vows to rehome five refugee families from Afghanistan
Borough leader Philip Glanville says council is doing ‘everything in its power to support the national effort’
Read MoreChildren could be offered weekend vaccinations to avoid school disruption
Health workers in touch with 15,000 clinically vulnerable children as they wait for news on a wider roll-out
Read More‘Going to people works’: Pop-up vaccine clinics coming to two Hackney estates
Kingsmead and Clapton Park estates to take part in pilot scheme as vaccine push continues
Read MoreNHS launches local campaign in three languages to promote its app among minority groups
Video shot in Somali, Romanian and Bengali is designed to improve access to health information
Read More‘It broke up our families’: The Travellers who made way for the Olympic Stadium are still fighting for a new site
Mena Mongan of London Gypsies and Travellers says the community wasn’t even offered tickets to the Games
Read MoreHigh Court throws out legal challenge to Hackney’s low traffic neighbourhoods
Horrendous Hackney Road Closures Ltd considering whether or not to appeal following setback
Read MoreYouth groups and synagogues join vaccine drive – as take-up among young adults ‘falls off a cliff’
Even extremely vulnerable people are suffering from ‘vaccine fatigue’, according to local health director
Read MoreFrequencies, Oscar Murillo, exhibition review: ‘Conceptual art at its finest’
The Turner Prize-winner recently unloaded 40,000 canvasses showcasing children’s doodles at his former school in Hackney, and the result was ‘absorbing’
Read MoreCanalside development in Hoxton wins approval despite ‘disappointment’ over low number of living rent homes
Existing self-storage facility to be demolished and replaced by two blocks with 139 new flats and office space
Read MoreCoroner calls for changes to warning alarms on oxygen machines after confusion ‘hastened’ death of Covid patient in Hackney
Chimezie Daniels, 60, died in January after his oxygen supply was cut off for at least 20 minutes
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