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The five-year plans that turned into lifetimes: Windrush elders’ stories ‘open door’ for young people

Collecting first-hand accounts of older generation’s struggles is opportunity for Hackney’s children, says leader of pioneering project

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16

Rudimental: 'living for the weekend? We still feel like that as adults'

Rudimental grew up as childhood friends in Hackney before booming to the top of the charts with their drum ’n’ bass bangers. If London needs a party right now, they’re back and ready to start it

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2025

Hackney Council accused of ‘endangering women and girls’ with plans to scrap single-sex changing rooms

Campaigners have urged the local authority to keep the Clapton leisure centre’s women-only changing spaces as part of its redevelopment

Evening Standard · May 1, 2025