Ten tiny plays crammed into an evening’s entertainment make up The Story Project at the Arcola
Built on the site of a defunct brewery, Hackney City Farm was founded on the principle that caring for animals and plants brings people together
New book commemorates a hundred years since a group of East End women led by Sylvia Pankhurst set up a splinter group of suffragettes
After learning that their homes were to be demolished, the residents of Samuel House set about making the most of what time they had left there
Sudanese artist Anwar Elsamani tells his story in photographs for an exhibition that sheds light on the experiences of East London’s migrant residents
Stoke Newington author Lee Jackson dishes the dirt in his new book Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
Like the Big Issue, the Nervemeter is sold on the streets by the homeless – though similarities end there
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
Two City analysts who decide to speculate with cocaine become embroiled in a criminal underworld in novel Futures by Stoke Newington author John Barker
John Barker found notoriety as a member of the Angry Brigade, an urban guerilla group based in Stoke Newington which undertook a bombing campaign during the 1970s. Having served his time, he is now an author with a new book about drugs and 1980s capitalism
Masters of the Airwaves tells the story of the birth of black music radio in the UK through interviews with the people who were there
