Like much of London, Dalston's rich cultural and social history has, so far, shifted and adapted in the face of vast changes to it's built environment. Local MP, Meg Hillier, historian Carolyn Clarke and film-maker Winstan Whitter read from their essays in The Hackney Society's 50th anniversary publication, Hackney: portrait of a community, and cultural researcher and writer, James Doeser invites them to discuss whether that cultural identity can survive the future.