Former market traders make their mark with Chatsworth Road bar
East End market traders Adam Bernstein and Ben Murtagh dreamed of escaping the cold and pursuing their passion for food and coffee. Now...
Local businesses praise the effectiveness of Local Buyers Club
Businesses in Hackney are singing the praises of a new membership club which offers discounts to those who shop local. The Local Buyers...
Bank on a great long weekend with our top five London events
Feeling energetic? Dig out your party shoes and prepare to let your hair down! Or, you'd do just as well to dig out a comfy pair of...
Stokey Bears expands into Islington with pub and fast-food joint
Burger Bears is opening a fast food branch of its highly-acclaimed burger restaurant on Holloway Road and relaunching the Horatia Pub as...
Meet the deviants and dandies behind Hackneys latest craft brewery
These three colourful characters are the men behind Deviant and Dandy, a new brewery which has been turning heads in East London. Since...
Top 10 street artworks around Hackney and Islington
As the Snorting Copper Banksy piece is rediscovered after devastating vandalism, we’ve taken a look at North and East London’s very best...
Foodies and entrepreneurs cut their teeth on East London’s markets
Some of East London’s markets have undergone huge transformation in recent years as foodies and fashion entrepreneurs use them as a...
Local Buyers Club delivers vital supplies to Food Bank and repeats its campaign
A campaign by the Local Buyers Club to raise funds for Hackney Food Bank in their most difficult period has had a tremendous response. As...
Stokey trader's 60 years of Church Street memories
In the six decades shopkeeper Errol Adem has lived in Stoke Newington he says its sense of community hasn’t wavered. Errol, who runs N16...
Earlybird catches the trade
Fresh out of university, graphic designer Dominic Early worked feverishly to pay the bills selling his handmade cards on a market stall...