Planning permission sees huge speculator interest in flawed Hackney house
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Away from all the Olympics hype, there are many people who are less than excited about the Games and it presence in East London. Andrew Connelly looks into their reasons for objecting
Discover portrayals of the everyday at a GP surgery in Shoreditch
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
• Olympic triple jump silver medallist troubled by ‘hip tightness’ • Worries for Tiffany Porter, Robbie Grabarz, men’s sprint relay
• Charles van Commenee had said triple jumper was injured • Idowu will jump at Diamond League meeting on Saturday
Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered
Films must be ten minutes or less in length and with no cuts. Closing date 31 August 2012
Cavan Clerkin talks about his independently-made crime drama which recently premiered at the East End Film Festival
