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'Blue Murder': The New Exhibition From kennardphillipps at Hang-Up Gallery

Ben J. Cotton | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Art Gallery, Kennardphillipps, Stoke Newington, Peter Kennard, Hang-Up Pictures, Urban Art, Street Art, Hang Up Gallery, East London Art Exhibitions, Political Art, East London Art Galleries, UK Entertainment News
Ben J. Cotton

Entitled Blue Murder, the exhibition investigates social decline and conservative ideologies that exist in contemporary society. By utilizing deprived materials such as newsprint, charcoal and ink, the artists have ripped away at layers to reveal the 'destruction of the welfare state'.

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What's This Kittie Criminal Been Up To?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Catflap, Cat Theif, UK News, Cat, Cat Steals Keys, Stoke Newington, Cat-Burglar-Is-a-Cat, Funny Animals, Cat Burglar, UK News

A spate of purr-fect key thefts in a North London neighbourhood sparked fears of a crime cat-astrophe leaving residents and fur-ious and totally puss-...

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Watch: 'I Am Benga'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Benga, Bass, UK Entertainment, UK Music, Gig Review, Birthdays, East London, Skream, Stoke Newington, Dubstep, Joker, I Am Benga, UK Entertainment News

Benga and Skream took their dub-laden soundtracks to East London last week, playing an intimate - yet still insanely loud - gig at Stoke Newington's B...

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Hackney - Acquired for Development

Kit Caless | Posted 26.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Clapton, Publishing, Dalston, Hackney, Hackney Wick, Shoreditch, Fiction, Stoke Newington, Corporatism, Poetry, Gentrification, Ukbooks, Home News
Kit Caless

In a borough as diverse as Hackney, you will never capture the area in its entirety, and this was never our intention. What the books is, is our version of our neighbourhood. What made it so special to create, was that we found we weren't the only people striving to mark what is going on here, and we certainly aren't the only ones interested in it.

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Are You Living In A 'High Risk' Burglary Area?

PA | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Stoke Newington, Homeowners, UK News, Burglary, News, Theft, Home Insurance, Money Supermarket, UK News

Home owners in Stoke Newington in north London are the most likely to have made a claim for theft or burglary on their home insurance policy, research...

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Lucy Sherriff

Queen of the Desert And 'Gay Chairs': How To Tackle Homophobia At Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Lgbt, Transgender, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, UK Teachers, Lesbian, Bisexual, UK Students, Stoke Newington, Gay, UK Schools, National Curriculum, UK Universities & Education News

Some students think that being homosexual doesn’t exist because you can't see "gayness", Elly Barnes, a music teacher who educates young people abou...

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The Tech Revolution Is Here -- The Pioneering New Company Changing How We Teach Children (and Adults) About Technology

Matthew Hussey | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Computer Programming, Programming, Education, Teaching, Technology, Stoke-Newington, Coding, Decoded, UK Tech, UK Tech News
Matthew Hussey

The next generation of app developers are still being taught a national curriculum from the '90s -- prioritising how to use software as opposed to teaching them to make their own.

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Reactionary 'Ideas' are not What London Needs

Jennette Arnold | Posted 16.10.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Siva Kandiah, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Mayor of London, London, London Riots, Boris Johnson, UK Parliament, UK Issues, UK Politics News
Jennette Arnold

At a recent meeting with Mayor Johnson I was encouraged as I saw for the very first time in his Mayoralty a man consumed by the seriousness of the issue- giving his undivided attention.

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