After getting an Oscars shoutout at the weekend, the mood in Dalston’s cultural corridor should be triumphant. Instead, a group of creatives in the same artistic hub are racked with fear about their future.
Dozens of artists working in V22 Ashwin Street, a studio that has long been a space for developing talent, have been told to vacate the building by the end of the month. Hackney council, which owns the site, says this is because it is unsafe for those inside.
