“They live in a f*****d-up world where black is white and white is black, and where there is all kinds of grey in between. Our elected politicians help themselves to as much goodies as they can and they don’t keep their promises to us…….” What a way to spend New Years Eve. Laying naked on [...]

Hackney Hive film reviews of some of the Rio’s current and up coming movies are linked below the listings. Main Features: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (12A) 11.45am (Parents & Babies only) 12.00 Fri Sun Mon only THE WAY BACK (12A) 12.00 (Parents & Babies only) 3.00 not Sun 5.50 daily 8.40 [...]

Tuesday at 19:00 – Wednesday at 02:30 East Village 89 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3HX Bringing together all of The Jammin crew from the past 5 years for a juicy jamboree of jumping beats, musicians, lyricists and deck wizardry at one of the finest venues in London town. You can get get your early [...]

“There is also one of the most original and bizarrely happy deaths that I have ever seen in a film, one involving an awful lot of cream cakes.” ‘Loose Cannons’ is a comedy from Italy which is as light and frothy as the foam on a cappuccino and, ultimately, just as insubstantial. Any pleasure that [...]

UPDATE: The police were alerted after Ena Drake was found by a member of the public this morning at Euston bus station. Police are concerned for Ena Drake, an 80-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Balcorne Street, E9 at approximately 8:00 pm on Monday, 20 December. Ena suffers from mild dementia and [...]

The Arcola Theatre have recently staged their final productions at their old home on Arcola Street. Based there for the past decade, the owner of the site has decided it’s time for some more luxury apartments in the area and consequently the theatre have found a new home on Ashwin Street, closer to Dalston Junction [...]

A brief history In 1966 Dalston resident Newton Dunbar, founded what was to become the iconic Four Aces Club on Dalston Lane.  Known as a venue for Reggae, Ska, Soul and Dub music, it hosted musicians such as Desmond Decker, Jimmy Cliff, Count Shelly, Ann Peebles, Percy Sledge, Ben E King and Billy Ocean. The [...]

A 4 year old girl was found stabbed to death yesterday, Thursday 16 December, in Clapton. Police say they responded to reports of a knife incident just after 3pm at a flat on the Chatsworth Estate on Elderfield Road, in E5. Paramedics pronounced 4 year old Nusayba, dead at the scene and a 36 year [...]

I received an email from a press officer at Stoke Newington Police station this afternoon, who was concerned about a report on this site regarding recent muggings committed on people using Millfields Park as a short cut from Leabridge Road. According to the press officer, Leabridge Safer Neighborhood Team denied “putting  out anything proactively about [...]

Police are warning residents who use Millfields Park North especially at night time as a short cut, to be aware of their surroundings after a rash of muggings and attempted muggings, with threats of extreme violence. Leabridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team are in the process of distributing leaflets all across North Hackney, informing residents and giving [...]