By Edward Rowe Hackney Council has introduced licensing rules, including plans for opening time limits of 11pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends for new nightlife venues in popular areas like Shoreditch. Businesses now have to show they will not be detrimental to the area in exchange...

Local author Hannah Begbie represented BAFTA and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning writers and comedians for fifteen years until her youngest son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. In 2015 she joined the board of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, to raise awareness...

As the leaves change colour, our drinking habits move from Aperol Spritz to pale ale - and with one of the largest populations of breweries in the capital, Hackney is the place to indulge. Here’s where you can sample...

   London-based Korean entrepreneur and mixologist, Shinyoung Lyu is opening a new pop-up bar called The Ministry of International Specialist Concoctions (M.I.S.C.). Serving globally inspired non-alcoholic drinks, the pop-up will open 3 September - 2 October, in the Courtyard of...

We are two friends and musicians who left London in March 2018 to cycle to Japan and make an album along the way. For years, we'd meet on a Friday morning before work at our favourite greasy spoon, ‘Arthur’s’ in Dalston. We hatched this...

Founders of Rebel Rebel Florist We set up our own company in 2000 with almost no experience at all and winged it. We just loved flowers, and thought we could do it.  We do regular workshops in our Hackney base behind...

This September the Whitechapel Gallery is transformed by over 80 creative and cutting-edge publishers for four days. Indie titles from around the world sit alongside publishing giants at the London Art Book Fair 2018, with a vibrant mix of...

Join Comedy Cafe Theatre for an evening of outstanding stand up comedy at one of London's oldest and best loved comedy clubs. This week's talent-packed lineup features the brilliant Diane Spencer, Joanne McNally and Comedy Cafe New Act Winner...

This autumn, Iris Theatre will transform Hoxton Hall into a magical world where stories of Ali Baba, Ala’ad-Din and Sinbad the Sailor unfold in their new adaptation of Arabian Nights. An engagement project, Encountering 1001 Nights, will run alongside the...

Talented LA beatmaker MNDSGN returns to London for a showcase of spectacular beats alongside Lapalux and CID RIM for one of the first shows at Dalston’s brand new 2,500 capacity space, Hackney Arts Centre! MNDSGN, LAPALUX, KIEFER & KAI WHISTON 22...