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Hackney Pride tomorrow Saturday |
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Hackney Pride – a non-commercial Pride organised by community activists with support from the Labour Movement - is taking place tomorrow in response to a recent rise in homophobic and transphobic attacks in the Dalston and Shoreditch areas.
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Diane backs campaign against Lib-Con cuts |
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Our local MP has joined the call for an alternative budget including abolishing Trident and withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
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Hackney Unites are holding a meeting in Cafe Mostra on 21 July.
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There will be a public meeting this Thursday (17 June) to talk about the impact of the one-way system and related traffic issues on residents and businesses alike, and to discuss alternative options which should be the subject of serious consideration in this parish.
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The Barbican is promoting two nights of live jazz for dancing on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 June at Stoke Newington Town Hall. These two special nights of swing are part of the events of the 2010 Barbican International Residency by New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
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Diane Abbott has announced that she will be standing as a candidate for leader of the Labour Party.
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How does your garden grow? Hackney in Bloom is a free gardening competition that gives local residents, businesses, schools and communities the opportunity to show off their gardening skills.
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In what seems like next to no time, the Jolly Butchers on Stoke Newington High Street has re-opened.
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You are now too late to register to vote for the 6 May General Election, but those of you who are registered can still make a difference, if only one of principle.
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Well done Hackney Podcast |
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The Hackney Podcast has been nominated in the best internet programme category for the Sony Radio Academy Awards, the radio industry's answer to the Oscars.
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Stoke Newington born Malcolm McLaren died of cancer in Switzerland yesterday at the age of 64.
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Diane calls for end to random stop and search |
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Local MP, and candidate for the Labour leadership, Diane Abbott has welcomed calls to scrap random stop and search methods following a ruling by the European High Court which has deemed them illegal.
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World's strongest beer comes to Stokey |
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On Tuesday 13 July, Scottish brewery Brewdog are staging an event at the Jolly Butchers on the High Street.
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Stoke Newington Literary Festival |
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 Between 4-6 June, our own little parish will be staging its inaugural literary festival. It will be an enormously prestigious event, with many big names already committed to appearing. Don't miss it.
The line-up, writers and venues have now been finalised, and the programme can be found on www.stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com which will provide up-to-date info, or visit this website closer to the date. Performers and authors include Tony Benn, AC Grayling, Toby Litt, Danny Kelly, Shappi Khorsandi, Jeremy Hardy, John Hegley, Darcus Howe, Suzanne Moore, Diane Abbott, Zaiba Malik, Mark Billingham, Louise Welsh and many others.
This will be one of the real highlights of the Stoke Newington summer season, so make sure you're around for the weekend. Tickets are available at the festival website or from the Stoke Newington Bookshop. |
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Dalston Connected - free street party |
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Residents and visitors are invited to celebrate Dalston's new transport connections and the continued investment into the town centre at a free street party being put on by Hackney Council on Sunday 6 June, from noon till 5pm.
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Transition Town Stoke Newington are holding a free event this coming Saturday (15 May) between 10.30am and 4.30pm to explore the question 'How can we build a positive future for Stoke Newington together?'
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Hackney finally on the Tube |
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The revamped East London opened on Tuesday 27 April, and Hackney is now no longer the only London borough without access to the Tube.
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Monster Raving Loony Party local candidate for the forthcoming General Election, Knigel Knapp (supported by this website and N16 Magazine), yesterday (Sunday) demonstrated his water bicycle on the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament.
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Death of Stoke Newington's Malcolm Mclaren |
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Richard Boon, local librarian and N16 Magazine columnist, offers a personal perspective on, and appreciation of, the life of Malcolm McLaren, who died from cancer last week at the age of 64. He was raised by his grandmother in Clissold Crescent and was deeply influenced by the centuries-old dissident tradition of the Stoke Newington area.
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Church Street party today |
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Stoke Newington Church Street is hosting a party today, Saturday 10 April, to celebrate the re-opening of the street after months of one-way frustration and chaos.
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Celebrate Hackney June Event |
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Hackney Unites are promoting an ambitious Celebrate Hackney event on Saturday 5 June at Stoke Newington School. Here is an edited version of their press release.
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