Let’s start the year knowing what is possible when we stand firm and unify. Asma Shah is the CEO and Founder of You Make It.

More than 1,000 Hackney residents and business owners have called on the council to remove a bus gate on Chatsworth Road. A Low Traffic Neighborhood (LTN) was implemented in the area in August 2025, ...

Idris Elba has been knighted in the New Year Honours. The Hackney-born actor, 53, has become Sir Idris in recognition both of his ‘exceptional’ work in the entertainment industry and his charity work ...

Emergent’s mission is to provide solar power in a way that is fair, including to people who may not be able to afford to install panels themselves. In Hackney, this involves partnering with the ...

Sadiq Khan has vowed to put rent controls back on the agenda. The Mayor of London reaffirmed his commitment to the issue last week, telling Hackney Green councillor and London Assembly Member, Zoë ...

‘Last night Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s new mayor. Thousands of miles away in the East End of London, I feel elated. Here’s why’ ...

Campaigners have vowed to oppose new plans to convert a historic pub in Victoria Park into a private home – just a year after similar proposals were blocked. An attempt to turn the 400-year-old Albion ...

I never expected to find myself writing about Mossbourne. Until recently, I had no special interest in schools or how they operate. It wasn’t something I thought much about, and I had no particular ...

Partying at Woodstock, meeting Joan Baez and diving into civil rights movement activism – the early life of playwright Martin Sherman may sound like a dream to many 21st-century progressives. But for ...