More Hackney on the Web

Ever wondered how the outside world sees Hackney? Returning to YouTube to trawl through the best videos featuring our borough, webmaster Alex Ogle presents the next installment of our two part series, imaginatively titled "Hackney on YouTube."


1. Hoxton Square, try-hard fashionistas, playground magazine offices, wide boys with weird haircuts rolling about on silly little bikes... It can only be razorsharp C4 series Nathan Barley satirising the side of Hackney where irony dies and idiots rule.


2. Ever cursed those crack-ridden estates? Ever dreamt of the high-rises crumbling to earth? If so, enjoy this spectacle of Hackney regeneration.


3. Races and generations come together in Hackney to play the British Empire's greatest gift to the world: cricket.