Press

Ongoing- Open Dalston

17 September 2024 – Hackney Citizen:

Dalston councillor challenges Mayor of London over Ridley Road funding

11 September 2024 – The Standard:

Outcry over plans to turn part of Dalston’s Ridley Road shopping village into ‘slum’ flats

11 September 2024 – Hackney Citizen:

‘Slum’ planning application for Ridley Road Shopping Village sparks outcry

2 August 2023 – Hackney Gazette:

Anger over ‘traumatising’ police raid at Ridley Road Market

2 August 2023 – Times Series:

Anger over ‘traumatising’ police raid at Ridley Road Market

27 July 2023 – London World:

Mass police raid ‘traumatising’ say traders, as police say ‘cannabis and knives’ seized

24 August 2022 – Hackney Gazette:

“Market closure postponed as traders offered lease agreement”

17 August 2022 – Hackney Gazette:

“Left in limbo – traders face silence as lease deadline looms”

15 August 2022 –  Hackney Citizen:

‘Worried and depressed’: Traders at Ridley Road Shopping Village call for better communication as council prepares to take over the lease”

10 February 2022 – The New Statesman:

“The battle for Britain’s vanishing food markets intensifies as the cost of living soars”

3 February 2022 – Novara Media:

Traders In, Developers Out: The Fight for Ridley Road

31 January 2022 – My London:

‘I would have lost it all’: How Dalston’s iconic Ridley Road market fought gentrification and won

27 January 2022 – London World:

Save Ridley Road: Campaigners protect east London historic shopping village from flats development

25 January 2022 – Big Issue:

Anti-gentrification campaigners see off developers to protect historic market street

25 January 2022 – East London Lines:

‘Huge victory’ for traders as council steps in to help Ridley Road Shopping Village

17 December 2021: East London Lines:

Artists in Ridley Road Shopping Village served with eviction notices

25 August 2020 – Hackney Citizen:

“Only one Ridley Road’: Campaigners fighting to safeguard market release five-point manifesto”

24 January 2020 – Hackney Gazette:

“Strangled by red tape’ – Ridley Road Market traders respond to consultation on licence conditions”

24 January 2020 – Hackney Citizen:

“More regulations than Brexit’: Ridley Road traders hit out at Town Hall’s market plans”

18 January 2020 – Conscious Collective:

“Time to Say Goodbye”

19 December, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Market: Long-standing traders battling with council management team”

5 December, 2019 – Hackney Citizen:

“Ridley Road resistance continues as community plan mooted for shopping village”

4 December, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Market traders fear hike in pitch fees and tough new regulations will force them out

12 September, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Photographer Tamara zooms in on Ridley Road Market’s past, present and future”

27 August, 2019 – Hackney Citizen:

“Ridley Road Market, Tamara Stoll, book review: ‘Eight-year labour of love that captures the soul of a Hackney institution”

17 July, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Revised plans submitted by owners”

05 May, 2019 – PSHIFT Films:

“The Faceless Ones”

30 April, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Under The Cranes: Rio film screening to support #SaveRidleyRoad campaign”

27 March, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Gillet Square festival will raise money for Ridley Road’s Indoor Shopping Village traders”

26 March, 2019 – Hackney Citizen:

“Battle to save Ridley Road Shopping Village continues with weekend festival”

28 January, 2019 – RT

“Traders could face mass evictions from Ridley Road shopping village”

24 January, 2019 – INDEPENDENT:

“If Ridley Road Market closes down, there will be no going back for east London”

19 January, 2019 – Novara Media:

“Activists in East London Are Fighting to Stop Property Developers Destroying a Dalston Market”

19 January, 2019 – ALJAZEERA:

“Ridley Road: The slow death of an East London street market”

10 December 2018 – Open Democracy:

Save Ridley Road – how the community is fighting back against faceless developers

22 November, 2019 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Traders under threat AGAIN as they are hit with ultimatum by owners”

31 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Phil Glanville tells owners to draw up fresh plans if they want to redevelop market”

29 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Traders thank community for support at packed protest following reprieve

29 October, 2018 – Morning Star:

“Ridley Road market wins brief reprieve as traders allowed to stay till Christmas”

28 October, 2018 – JOE.CO.UK:

“Traders at London’s historic Ridley Road Shopping Village forced to leave as police close the arcade due to anti social behaviour”

27 October, 2018 – Evening Standard:

“Traders campaigning to stay at historic east London market win last minute reprieve after owners threatened eviction”

25 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Market owners working to STOP closure”

24 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Editor’s comment: LP33 is serious stuff (despite the diagrams)”

23 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Ridley Road Shopping Village: Traders battle to stay as mayor of Hackney slams ‘betrayal’ by managers”

17 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Editor’s comment: Just whose screw-up is this anyway?”

15 October, 2018 – Hackney Gazette:

“Dalston’s Ridley Road Shopping Village to close over drugs and ASB – traders given fortnight to leave”