The long awaited opening of Hackney’s new library is almost over. When The Dalston CLR James library opens its doors on 23 January, not only will it be the first new Council library to be built in Hackney in over 20 years, it will be one of the largest public libraries in the UK. […]
We heard from Liz today who told us Carlitos is now safe at home after missing for a week. After Hackney Hive reported the little fella missing last week, the site received thousands more visits per day than it usually does. It was also linked on peoples Facebook accounts and forwarded by email. Although there […]
Hackney Police, in conjunction with Hackney Council and UK Border Agency, have successfully completed a four-month operation in Ridley Road and Dalston Junction, E8, aimed at tackling class A drug dealing in the area. Tuesday saw the arrest phase, which culminated in the following results: 19 arrested for a variety of immigration and drug-related offences, […]
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Actor Director David Schwimmer and his former Hackney girl, Zoe Buckman have welcome a baby girl they have named Cleo. The baby was delivered by C section on 8 May in New York, but they only released the news today via a spokesperson. Later Schwimmer posted a photo on his Twitter account saying “Hey everyone. […]
Tahdig with Sibzamini (potato) Another epicurean delight from the people behind Hackney’s sought after vegan pop up dinner. It kicks off with a welcome drink and canapés. Remember, it’s BYOB! This month it’s a Persian fest. To start.. Barini esfanaj sauteed baby leaf spinach finished with yogurt and sumac dust Zucchini dolmeh Slow baked zucchini […]
With their move to new premises complete and the clamour of the first new show – Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s high profile The Painter – now behind them, I decided to go along to the Arcola on a more subdued evening to get a feel for the new place. For one week only, the theatre was hosting […]
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 […]
It’s a cold Friday night on Clarence Road, and while most people are drowning the week’s sorrows in their local watering hole, a large crowd of people have congregated at the celebrated vegan café and social centre, the Pogo, for a night of spoken word and poetry, entitled ‘The Spoken Sedition’. Run by Stoke Newington […]
Hackney Music on Dalston Lane may have looked like a small high street shop selling CDs, but when officers from Hackney Police raided the shop in January 13 2010 following a 2 month surveillance, they found just a handful of CD’s on sale and a commercial enterprise supplying Cannabis to up to a 100 users […]
