East London - Hackney Citizen

Regeneration drives sharp fall in East London's deprived neighbourhoods

Since 2010, the figure has fallen from 23 to 16 per cent in London, according to new research

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Regeneration drives sharp fall in East London's deprived neighbourhoods

DJ-turned-painter Andrew Pierre Hart mixes music and art for upcoming Whitechapel exhibition

London-based Hart takes inspiration from the East End for an eclectic showcase of paintings, sculpture, film and sound

Author: Hackney Citizen

DJ-turned-painter Andrew Pierre Hart mixes music and art for upcoming Whitechapel exhibition

Jock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook, Royal Academy: ‘Even if you think you know them, these paintings invite you to reflect anew’

The Academy has collected 20 of the Scottish artist’s London artworks to celebrate his 70th birthday

Author: Sarah Birch

Jock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook, Royal Academy: ‘Even if you think you know them, these paintings invite you to reflect anew’

‘We’ll see flesh on the bone’: Landmark for upcoming V&A East Museum as building hits full height

The steel skeleton of the 42.5-metre-tall venue, set to open in 2025, is now complete

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘We’ll see flesh on the bone’: Landmark for upcoming V&A East Museum as building hits full height

‘I wanted to write about women making the city their own’: Author Gemma Seltzer on how the streets of East London influenced her new book

The writer spent the pandemic wandering the capital, and has used the experience to craft a ‘magnetic collection of short stories’

Author: Sarah Birch

‘I wanted to write about women making the city their own’: Author Gemma Seltzer on how the streets of East London influenced her new book

Alter, Aldgate East, food review: ‘Stylish venue shaking up perceptions of vegan fare’

Chef Andy Goodwin has created a ‘gorgeous little spot’ on the first floor of the Leman Locke Hotel

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Alter, Aldgate East, food review: ‘Stylish venue shaking up perceptions of vegan fare’

‘Absolute outrage’: Four trees to be felled in East London despite residents’ battle to save them

Garden Society chair hits out at Tower Hamlets Council over plans to replace the maples with plastic ‘kickabout’ spot

Author: Marion Weaver

‘Absolute outrage’: Four trees to be felled in East London despite residents’ battle to save them

New cycling programme in East London wants to ‘bridge gap’ in health inequality

People with disabilities can take part for free and get advice on adaptive bikes

Author: Hackney Citizen

New cycling programme in East London wants to ‘bridge gap’ in health inequality

Coronavirus: How local restaurants are adapting to the lockdown

Switching to deliveries, teaming up with local charities, turning into farm shops – businesses across East London are changing to survive

Author: Adam Loft Schulz

Coronavirus: How local restaurants are adapting to the lockdown

An Opinionated Guide to Vegan London, Hoxton Mini Press: ‘Highly informative digest of animal-free eating’

The volume features mouth-watering photos, and the section on east London is ‘by far the bulkiest’

Author: Sarah Birch

An Opinionated Guide to Vegan London, Hoxton Mini Press: ‘Highly informative digest of animal-free eating’

New exhibition uncovers plastics’ invention and history in east London

Raw Materials: Plastics at Nunnery Gallery runs until 25 August 2019. Free family event 17 August 12-4pm with Thames21 and UCL’s Mobile Heritage Lab

Author: Advertising Feature

New exhibition uncovers plastics’ invention and history in east London

Jock McFadyen: ‘Painting is artifice, it’s art, and so is the made environment’

The Hackney-based artist, known for his landscapes of east London, on his upcoming turn as curator for the Royal Academy, his own style, and why he quite enjoys painting the same piece again and again

Author: Ben Mortimer

Jock McFadyen: ‘Painting is artifice, it’s art, and so is the made environment’