Described as ”a post-apocalyptic world where only the artists survived” the Hackney WickED Arts Festival returns this weekend, for the fourth successive year. This years event, based around Hackney Wick and Fish Island, lasts from Friday to Sunday and features exhilarating exhibitions portraying the work of local artists – from pop up galleries to open studios and [...]
A father and step-mother from Croydon were jailed yesterday after being found guilty of child cruelty against their two-year-old son.
A speeding driver from Croydon has been jailed today for eight months after admitting to the killing of a teenage girl last year. John Page, 35 from Underwood, Fieldway was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving. Page was also found guilty of driving without insurance, which he [...]
Streatham Festival@ Streatham Common Date: Until Sun July 10th Where: Streatham Common, Streatham Common, Streatham High Rd, SW16 3HG Price: FREE A week-long festival at local venues including open-air Shakespeare in the Rookery, jazz at the Hideaway, Klesmer Klub at the South London Synagogue, comedy at the Waterfront, various classical concerts and a Steatham heritage [...]
The best things to do this coming week on your line.
Andy Murray has the chance today become the first male British tennis player since Bunny Austin to reach the Wimbledon final and end 80 years of national frustration at SW19. However will Murray, known for his often moody nature, keep his cool overcome reigning champion Rafael Nadal and win over the country. Ell reporters went [...]
Dr.Des Freedman and Dr.Natalie Fenton of Goldsmiths, University of London, Media and Communications Department, discuss the future of British universities. This week’s White Paper on Higher Education threatens the biggest shake up of university education in a generation. Its mission is to try and manage the mess that the massive hike in student fees [...]
Dozens of schools and many public sector offices including job centres across the East London Lines boroughs were closed or severely disrupted today as thousands of teachers and civil servants go on strike in a dispute with the Government over pensions. Many strikers from the east and south London areas joined a national protest march in central [...]
The best of what to do for the rest of the week and over the weekend from the four most fabulous boroughs
First prizein the ELL feature writing competition went to Taslima Begum, 17, from Tower Hamlets College with her piece on the protests against the cuts entitled: “My Dear Nicholas, What Has Ye Done? R.I.P Education”. Taslima’s first person piece about her experience of the demonstration showed that there is undoubtedly a future awaiting in journalism. [...]
