Posts by Hackney Citizen
Mossbourne Federation announces ‘independent review’ into its own complaints procedures
Anne Whyte KC, supported by a team of solicitors at Fieldfisher LLP, is conducting the review
Read MoreNew documentary presents ‘intimate portrait’ of beloved Hackney rabbi
‘How to Get On With Everybody’ follows Rabbi Herschel Gluck in his efforts to build bridges between communities
Read MoreTitbits – Dressing down and dressing up
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreArtist embraces unease of being photographed in Shoreditch exhibition
Dianne Minnicucci’s series of portraits capture and revel in the discomfort of being in front of the camera
Read More‘Real milestone’ as arts charity announces deal for affordable studios in Hackney Wick
Bow Arts Trust buys up 10,000 square feet of workspace at Hackney Yards development
Read MoreMossbourne heads take on expanded roles amid safeguarding probe
Principals of two Hackney academies put in charge of Essex schools following Mossbourne Federation takeover
Read MoreTitbits – Bearing fruit
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHackney school ‘excited’ after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees
Kingsmead Primary links up with Ugandan school to support Buzzline project
Read More‘Unsustainable’: Much-loved local pub The Gun announces immediate closure
After a decade on Well Street, the pub’s landlords call time ‘despite very best efforts’ to stay open
Read MoreHackney Wick co-living plans ‘send signal’ to all developers, says community group
Hackney’s first co-living scheme gets green light – thanks to novel partnership between community and developer
Read MoreAbney Park Trust launches year-long festival to celebrate ‘historic radicals’
The Radical Writers festival will feature appearances from acclaimed writers, politicians and academics
Read MoreHackney History Festival to return for two weekends in May
Talks, walks and films are on the bill for the second annual celebration of the borough’s history
Read MoreLetter to the editor: In response to your article, ‘Council insider on Mossbourne’
Readers express their disquiet at anonymous opinion piece
Read MoreMan, 68, jumped to his death from phone booth inside Hackney police station
Coroner urges Scotland Yard to act after Peter Jones committed suicide in the waiting area of its Stoke Newington branch
Read MoreTitbits – New year, old habits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘It wasn’t until this podcast that I really started paying attention properly to the history right on our doorstep’
This audio-based history aims to connect what is happening locally in the present with the rich past of the East London area
Read MoreTitbits – Information superslowway
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHelp ensure every child has a festive present to unwrap as the Winter Toy Appeal returns
The annual appeal distributes new toys to thousands of children who would otherwise go without
Read MoreHoxton charity unveils three alternative audio tours of London penned by children
Listeners can enjoy the ‘wildest tall stories to the most moving of poetry’, says Ministry of Stories director
Read MoreNew short film explores the joys and challenges of life inside an East London brain injury charity
Award-winning filmmaker Kit Vincent documents the work of Headway East London through the stories of four survivors
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