From pants moments to uplifting ones! The highs and lows of an indie underwear shop
(The Pantry Underwear team. Elly Rusted: centre) It’s amazing how weather dependent the underwear business is! “When the sun’s out and...
The pop-up gallery where guests get a makeover
(Maryna Fontenoy, Beaucatcher) From the outside Beaucatcher might look like an ordinary hair salon, but step inside and you’re in for a...
Food banks: Flawed benefits system failing Hackney’s most vulnerable
(The team at Hackney Foodbank) Residents with severe mental health problems are being thrown on the scrapheap and left to a downward...
London’s Magnificent Seven Cemeteries: the life inside
There’s beauty in the fact that London’s Magnificent Seven Cemeteries are teeming with life… Not the rising from the dead, ghost and...
Moio: the homely restaurant with exciting flavours
If you haven’t ventured into Moio yet you really should. It combines the warmth of a neighbourhood restaurant with the talents of a top...
Extinction Rebellion is coming to Hackney with a mass protest from 12th-14th July
Extinction Rebellion is coming to East London with a mass protest from July 12 to 14. The uprising, which is expected to draw large...
Guardians of the Arches - David takes on Goliath in East London and beyond
(Credit: Sarah Ainslie) There’s an uprising happening against crippling commercial rents and it’s being led by little East End...
Zombies, open-air film and live music: Crouch End Festival is back
Fancy a wacky weekend? Crouch End Festival could be just the ticket, with music, comedy, arts, ghost stories and North London’s biggest...
Meet the extraordinary woman behind Stoke Newington's Literary Festival
Liz Vater has spent the past decade bringing storytellers to Stoke Newington, celebrating feminism and political dissent. Now, the Local...
25 years since Hackney rector helped make history
A quarter of a century has passed since the first women were ordained to the priesthood by the Church of England. Revd Dilly Baker, now...