Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
Concerns about high numbers of tenants being unlawfully evicted, threatened, or experiencing intrusions into their homes prompts Hackney’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau to offer guidelines
A restored Edwardian grocery offers an appetising array of fresh and organic produce. The Citizen talks to proprietor Theo Fraser Steele about its recent culinary accolade and recipe for success