It’s a cold Friday night on Clarence Road, and while most people are drowning the week’s sorrows in their local watering hole, a large crowd of people have congregated at the celebrated vegan café and social centre, the Pogo, for a night of spoken word and poetry, entitled ‘The Spoken Sedition’. Run by Stoke Newington [...]
Open The Gate Black Culture Cafe, are taking bookings for their African Caribbean Christmas dinners. Located in Dalston, the centre is a unique gathering place that celebrates and explores all things African in music, film, arts, culture, food and so much more including a vibrant monthly indoor African Market. The restaurant is open from 12noon [...]
I’ve worked with whores, pimps and bad ass dangerous criminals, but local politics and eager beaver local journalists can be just as treacherous. Read more……
Nine young people from Hackney Quest, a Hackney based childrens charity, recently returned from Cape Town, South Africa, where they spent nine days engaging in inter-cultural activities and a life inspiring and learning mission. For 9 months they worked tirelesly to raise the over £12,000 they needed for the trip and project, by running various [...]
Dog owners in the borough will be happy to hear that the UK’s largest dog charity – Dogs Trust have got together with Hackney Council to offer FREE micro chipping to Hackney residents worth £25, to help reduce the amount of lost and stray dogs in the borough. Microchips are no larger than a grain [...]
The beauty of Mike Leigh is that he does not care a jot for cinematic trends or the demands of the box office. Leigh just carries on making films on themes that interest him in his own way, usually with the same roster of talent both in front of and behind the camera. There is [...]
What began as a rumour following the savage Government Spending Review of October 20th 2010 has now gained more credence. Last week, an anonymous Council source spoke out about a proposed merger between Hackney and Haringey Council to take in certain core Benefit services. These could range from Council Tax Benefits to Employment Support Allowance [...]
A Hackney borough secondary school, has recently been the focus of nationwide and international attention because of a pioneering scheme to educate youths on LGBT awareness, (for the uninitiated, that stands for Lesbian, Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender). Stoke Newington School claims to have virtually eradicated homophobia amongst its students, thanks to its diversity studies, which includes [...]
The main event this week is the first week of the 16th London Turkish Film Festival (the second week is at the Apollo Piccadilly). Please see ltff.org.uk for full details. In addition we also have some of our regular programmes as follows: SAT 6 Nov At 11.00am: Cats & Dogs – The Revenge of Kitty [...]
Details are a little sketchy at the moment, but a police spokesperson was able to confirm, what can be described as a ‘natural explosion’ took place in Hoxton Square at approximately 11:09 pm last night (Friday 5 November). No injuries were confirmed, but a Peugeot car parked nearby, sustained damages from concrete and debris that [...]
