The new owners of 229 Lower Clapton Road, are not receiving the same ecstatic and warm welcome the pub next door which opened on Thursday has. Much of Clapton and afar have been quite giddy about the prospect of the Clapton Hart opening. By Thursday morning it reached fever pitch and judging by the twitter [...]
Italian Vogue has named this cafe – which serves up a steady diet of avant-garde music – Britain’s coolest venue. Alex Needham finds out what the fuss is about
This originally appeared as a blog entry on the Duchess of Hackney Blog With a less than inspiring line up, in the bid for Councillor in Hackney Central ward’s My 3rd by-election, it’s refreshing and reassuring to know that there is someone who actually lives in Hackney Central and is not a soulless politico prototype [...]
The London Bike Kitchen in Hoxton only recently opened its doors but is already catering for a loyal fanbase
The ex-Tory party co-treasurer and hedge fund manager is a self-made man, hailing from Hackney
It’s true! Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z will be headlining Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend 2012 on Saturday 23rd June. Announced this morning on the Chris Moyles Show, he is set to perform alongside a stellar line-up of acts already announced including Tine Tempah, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Florence + the Machine, Professor Green, Leona Lewis, DJ Fresh, [...]
Update: 8/3/12 Forensic tests are still being carried out to formally identify the torso. No new developments regarding arrested man expected today. He remains in custody. Officers have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a female torso found in the Regents Canal close to the Broadway Market stretch of the canal at [...]
Two men who kidnapped and tortured two brothers in Stoke Newington five years ago, were convicted yesterday (Tuesday 6 March) at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Ex-para trooper, Anthony Malone, 40, who served in Ulster, was found guilty of two counts of kidnap, two counts of false imprisonment and two counts of actual bodily harm against [...]
Page Victoria Windslowe, a 42 year old transgender in the death of Claudia Rotimi of Hoxton, was arrested on Wednesday in Philadelphia, as she prepared to host a “pumping party” in Philadelphia, said police. She is being held on $10 million bail. Windslowe, a hip hop singer also known as the “Black Madam”, had been [...]
When Adrian Poynton first heard mumblings that American TV were interested in the comedy series he created, he shrugged it off as just another tease that never materializes. What the Staffordshire raised (Litchfield to be exact) and Stoke Newington resident of five years, didn’t count on was for things to move as fast as they [...]
