Police Will No Longer Prevent Suspects From Swallowing Packages of Drugs
It was the closest I’d ever come to watching a snuff movie. Viewing CCTV footage of a Hackney Police officer and a member of the public allowing a 20 year old Black man, to die on the floor of a shabby convenience store on Kingsland Road…
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Don’t you dare call me an anti-Semite
I am a Black middle aged woman and an atheist, I believe religion is a…
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Stoke Newington We Have A Problem
White privilege and racism is alive amongst genteel white middle class Stoke Newington folks. I first experienced it 7/8 years ago when this blog was at its height and I’ll touch on that another day. What started as a banal…
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Harassing Messages and Tweets to me From Amanda Straughan
UPDATE: TRIAL IS DONE AND DUSTED AND I’M BACK IN MY HOME. HOWEVER MY FIGHT CONTINUES WITH THE VERY RACIST HACKNEY POLICE WHO CHOSE TO BELIVE A PATHOLOGICAL LYING WHITE WOMAN. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF AGAINST PATHOLOGICAL LYING WHITE…
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Police officer shot and wounded in Haggerston
A police officer has been shot during an authorized operation, by Trident Gang Crime Unit and Met’s Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19), in Haggerston…
First North East London show for 18 year old photographer
It is quite something to have your third professional exhibition before your 19th birthday, but this was what 18-year-old Imogen…
Dalston: Police Appeal to Mother of Newborn Baby Found
Officers were called by a member of the public at approximately 11:40 am on Saturday, 25 January to Sandringham Road, E8…
9 Month Old Kitten Smokey Needs Your Help, Following Horrific Accident
My heart broke this morning when I heard from our friend Barbara Read, of Feline Friends London. Feline Friends London is…
Teenager Raped in Daylight in Clapton Park
Hackney police have just released this statement: “On the afternoon of Thursday, 20 October a 17-year-old female was walking towards a…
New father of twins, shot on Chatsworth Road is named as Moses Fadairo
Saturdays gun shot victim in Clapton has been named as 25-year-old Moses Fadairo, of Bow, a father of twin baby boys…
Film Review: In Order of Disappearance
Directed by Hans Petter Moland, In Order of Disappearance is a Norwegian…
Film Review: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
The second part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy for The Hobbit is the…
The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology and Q & A at The Hackney Picturehouse
Even if you have never read any of Slavoj Žižek‘s books you…
Review: Number 90 – Hackney Wick
Hackney Wick is cool. Well, we all know that. I was just…
Restaurant Review: Ivy’s Mess Hall – Dalston
Oh dear East London there is no end to your gastronomic surprises.…
Bar Review: Little Red Staircase, Shoreditch
The Little Red Staircase capitalizes on the Hackneyite’s – and by extension…
Review of Mr Burns at The Almeida
Do not feel the need to adjust the lights. Remain calm.…
Theatre Review: A Bad Case Of The Mondays – Paradigm Theatre Company at The Park Theatre
A Bad Case Of The Mondays is a series of 7 short…
Theatre Review: Richard The 2nd at The Barbican
Much attention has been given to David Tennant’s 80s glam rock locks…
The ladies of Stamford Hill keeping it real with wage control
I have to admit one of my biggest and time-consuming guilty pleasures…
Cheese wine and hair in Dalston, Oh how the times are a changing
This is not going to be your usual preview of an…
Horns of Jericho within the walls of Sutton House
The Hackney Colliery Band have been urging their fans to unexpect…
