By Tyla75 As part of Hackney Council’s commitment to ‘mapping the change‘ in the Borough as 2012 approaches they’re running a photography project to capture Hackney for posterity at this transformational time. There are 1800 pictures in our Flickrpool tagged Hackney alone so excellent fodder …
Voluntary and community organisations often do vital work with very little recognition, except from those who benefit. Hackney recognises its unsung heroes with the Adiaha Antigha Community Achievement Awards 2010. Any Hackney-based voluntary or community sector organisations can be nominated in 6 categories. The organisation …
Looking at the personalities behind London’s small businesses Zoe Palmer and Aisha Forbes founded The Golden Company, a social enterprise based in Hackney that empowers inner city young people with business and life skills through beekeeping. How did The Golden Company come about? “I was …
Time was that Stoke Newington’s Clissold Leisure Centre was a huge embarrassment to both Hackney council and the Labour government. The hi-tech facility, funded with £34m of Lottery moolah and opened to much fanfare in 2000, was closed three years later after serious flaws in …
London Fields by D1v1d via the Londonist Flickrpool Disgruntled that your mates are buggering off to the Big Chill this weekend? Get a dose of festival spirit closer to home without breaking the bank or having to camp with the launch of independent free festival, …
This weekend, the third Hackney Wicked festival takes over the Olympic buffer zone of Hackney Wick. This proud local community of makers and shapers – the latest figures peg the number of active artist studios in The Wick at 624 – will turn their square …
The Joy of Busking by marty_pinker Arsenal follow Spurs in banning the vuvuzela from their ground. Spoilsports, or does the noise spoil sports? Hackney musician voted best new busker Engineering works on the Tube will be halted during the Olympic games A serious decline in …
Mole Man Plaque by Big Al It has been just over a month since we reported the death of William Lyttle, the Mole Man of Hackney, and, ironically for a man most associated with digging big holes in the ground, the lack of any next …
A multiple car fire near Buck House caused consternation today. Simon Schama hearts Oona. VIP security looks set to be squeezed by police belt tightening. Free swimming for Hackney residents, on the other hand, has been saved from the spending scythe. French Kiss. Happy Bastille …
A museum of Victorian curios, shrunken heads and dragon’s eggs might not be the likeliest place to host a discussion of sophistication and style, but then The Last Tuesday Society have never been known for adhering to convention . The decadent dandies are hosting the …
We’re giving London’s Lidos some love this summer. This week, it’s London Fields Built in 1931 by the LCC, London Fields lido was abandoned in the mid-1980s, when Margaret Thatcher ran a wrecking ball through the GLC and wiped out the majority of London’s lidos …
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