My beloved mother died in September. She died because of the constant harassment I received from Amanda Straughan (founder of Lilly’s Legacy Cat Rescue), CPS (Crown Prosecution) and Hackney Police. Over the past three years I have written on this blog extensively about my ongoing issues with Amanda Straughan and the institutionally racist justice system. […]
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
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
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 […]
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 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, 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. […]
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 […]
