Shadya Houry, Author at Eastlondonlines

Strippers and samba dancers bring Hackney to Shakespeare

A new photography exhibition recreating scenes from Shakespeare’s rural comedy ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in a contemporary urban setting in …

by Shadya Houry/ November 3, 2011/ Arts/

As Top Boy, written by Hackney resident Ronan Bennett, went live on Channel 4 last night, it quickly became a …

by Shadya Houry/ November 1, 2011/ Hackney/

Top Boy, the four-part Channel 4 series that has stirred controversy surrounding its representation of black gang culture in Hackney, …

by Shadya Houry/ October 31, 2011/ Hackney/

A new organisation in Croydon that collects food waste will allow thousands of pumpkins to be recycled after the upcoming …

by Shadya Houry/ October 26, 2011/ Croydon, Society/

Tickets for Florence and the Machine’s Hackney gig sold out within minutes after going on sale last week, but live …

by Shadya Houry/ October 25, 2011/ Hackney, Music/

This Saturday, head down to Stoke Newington and get in on the first ever Oxjam at Stokey Takeover.

by Shadya Houry/ October 20, 2011/ Arts, Music/

A blogging war has broken out in Stoke Newington over the campaign to stop Sainsbury’s opening a new supermarket just …

by Shadya Houry/ October 14, 2011/ Business, Lead Stories, Society/

As part of the Black History Month festivities this year, councils across East London are organizing events in celebration of …

by Shadya Houry/ October 10, 2011/ Arts, Uncategorized/

Art organisations across east London have done better than groups elsewhere in the country under the new Arts Council funding …

by Shadya Houry/ April 1, 2011/ Features/

A man has been charged with the brutal murder of a 73-year-old woman from Bethnal Green. Christopher Newton, 45, appeared …

by Shadya Houry/ March 27, 2011/ Crime, Tower Hamlets/

A young woman from Hackney has been banned from keeping animals for five years after leaving her dog on a …

by Shadya Houry/ March 23, 2011/ Environment, Hackney/

The creativity of Hackney takes a new form with the launch of its new sound-mapping art guide.

by Shadya Houry/ March 21, 2011/ Hackney/