Author attacks 2012 Olympic legacy
Updated on 15 February 2009
Hackney resident and celebrated author Iain Sinclair reports for Channel 4 News on how developments for the 2012 Olympic Games are destroying east London.
His new book, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, comes out this week but has already caused controversy.
Sinclair was banned from launching the book, which explores Hackney's past, in a local library.
The book, and his report for Channel 4 News, also looks to the future, namely the 2012 Games - and Sinclair is not a fan.
He says it will destroy the history and community of East London.
However Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has come out fighting against Sinclair's criticisms, saying that 75p in every £1 spent on the Olympics is spent on regeneration.