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A sneak peak of what's in store for Black History Season in Hackney

Contributors to the BRAFA charity single outside Hive Studio in Stoke Newington in 1985.

Hackney History

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The borough's upcoming Black History Season programme has been announced, and highlights include the unveiling of the UK's first ever permanent public art work honouring the Windrush generation. Hackney's Black communities and heroes will be...
Prospect House in Dalston near Ridley Road Market.

Housing

'It's like toilet', say Dalston residents who have had enough of broken...

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One hundred and four of the 239 portraits Hackney photographer Gideon Mendel took during the first lockdown in 2020. 

Arts & Culture

Scenes from Ridley Road Market during lockdown captured by photographer

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Ridley Road Market trader Hemin Abdullah

Community Heroes

Ridley Road market mask hero helps Hackney people through the pandemic

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