Pushed into a corner by soaring prices, greedy landlords and a cap on benefits, one London council has embarked on a daring set of untested policies to provide more public housing
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Triple vision – Mare Streets optical war
As if being looted and having your store wrecked by looters during London’s summer riots in 2011 wasn’t bad enough, the owner of EYE London, an independently owned opticians on Mare Street, claims she faces the possibility of being swallowed up by national chain, SpecSavers, before long. Eight years ago Margaret Asare set up her […]
Woodberry Down is a vast north-east London council estate undergoing an ambitious transformation. But while eager developers court foreign buy-to-let investors, are they casting aside long-term residents like ‘social rubbish’? We spent six months on site to hear the locals’ stories
• Public-private partnership housing projects in London – mapped
As a teenager, Alek Wek shook up the fashion world – and inspired, among others, a young Lupita Nyong’o. The Sudanese supermodel tells Sali Hughes why quirky is good
Popping my cycling cherry all over again with cycle training
November was a horrific month for London cyclists. Six cyclists killed in two weeks which included two within 24 hours, here in East London. It’s a frightening thought for someone who until a few months ago had not ridden a bike for more than a couple of decades. Then, I was a fearless kid tearing […]
Interview with Screenwriter Steven Cutts on the Hackney-based film “Adieu Marx”
Screenwriter Steven Cutts has written a new low-budget film inspired by his own true story from his wild school days called ‘Adieu Marx’, which will have its premiere in Hackney on the 27th of October. ‘Adieu Marx’ was mostly shot in Hackney during the very eventful Olympic summer of 2012 and concerns the lives of five 20 […]
Jennifer Essex on her own unique Dance background and her collaboration with the Poise Performance Company
Jennifer Essex is a contemporary dancer and choreographer who works across the artistic spectrum from film, fashion to physical theatre. She is currently working with the Poise Performance Company on a unique retelling of Oscar Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ which will open on the 7th of October at The CLF Art Cafe aka The Bussey […]
Lollibop is back in East London! Win a family pass
LolliBop, the UK’s biggest kids festival, is returning for 2013 to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park right here in East London. As Hackney Hive has done for the past three events, starting from the very first one in Clissold Park in 2010, we are giving away passes. This year we have a family pass worth £100. […]
Win a pair of tickets for Open East Festival @ Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Open East Festival is no ordinary festival for no ordinary park. Taking place in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on the anniversary of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, the two-day event (produced by the Barbican and Create London) will be the official re-opening of the north section of the park. Set for this Saturday […]
Meet unconventional Actor, Writer and Director Patrice Etienne on his new play Venus / Mars
Actor, writer and director Patrice Etienne is a Hackneynite through and through. This multi-hyphenated East London boy grew up in the borough and has continued to support the community through his work with youths in the area. Patrice’s latest play, Venus / Mars about love and intimacy in 21st century London is about to open at […]
