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An image of a group of punk fans watching a gig under a motorway in Hackney Wick

WATCH: Hackney Wick illegal raves continue as council seeks to extend Protection Order in area

An area under the A12 motorway in Hackney Wick temporarily became the location of one of the area’s illegal raves

Exterior of the Rio Cinema at dusk, Kingsland High Street, Dalston

UK’s oldest continuous cinema continues to breathe life into Hackney

The oldest continuous cinema in the UK is breathing new life into the Hackney community through its diverse film programme.

Material Girls: the all women and non-binary comedy night breathing new life into London’s comedy scene

Material Girls is a monthly comedy night at the Bill Murray Comedy club in Islington with an all women and

Outside hackney flea market

WATCH: London’s biggest indoor flea market

London’s biggest indoor flea market took place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford on Sunday 7 July. In a

LISTEN: The hardcore punk revival gripping London’s underground scene

Growing mainstream and grassroots interest in hardcore punk, AKA hardcore, has taken hold of London’s alternative music scene. Driven by

Rapper Reload performing on stage for Waltham Forest Stand Up to Racism

LISTEN: Celebrating refugees in an evening of film, poetry and music

Mayor’s new al fresco dining hotspots ‘just the beginning’

Photograph: Adam Curtis

Multi BAFTA-winning British documentary maker returns with poignant series

From Lovers’ Rock to Grime: Barbican exhibition tells the story of Black British Music

WATCH: Art installation unveiled on East London’s public art trail The Line

Unique archival experience by the V&A now open to visitors in East London

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