Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘Rapper’ Grymey D jailed for sex with schoolgirls
“He used social media to groom children online, paying them compliments, pretending to be affectionate’
Read MoreGrimeborn returns for tenth anniversary at the Arcola
Opera festival presents sixteen new pieces of music theatre including new works and reinvigorated classics
Read MoreFeminist Dissent in Shoreditch: new journal hopes to ‘amplify the voices’ of women under oppression
The inaugural issue was launched at the Rich Mix in an evening of music, comedy and debate
Read MoreGrimeborn returns for tenth anniversary at the Arcola
Opera festival presents sixteen new pieces of music theatre including new works and reinvigorated classics
Read MoreEast London food enterprise commended in ‘New Radicals’ list
DayOld is tackling food waste and child hunger, one cinnamon roll at a time
Read MoreEast London food enterprise commended in ‘New Radicals’ list
DayOld is tackling food waste and child hunger, one cinnamon roll at a time
Read MoreRio Cinema set to host the London Feminist Film Festival in August
The Dalston picturehouse will host feminist films ranging from the hard-hitting to the lighthearted
Read MoreRio Cinema set to host the London Feminist Film Festival in August
The Dalston picturehouse will host feminist films ranging from the hard-hitting to the lighthearted
Read MoreVittoria Wharf demolition: Olympic legacy developers have ‘no grasp’ of community, say campaigners
Locals are launching a campaign to save the site with three-day Wickstock festival
Read MoreAfrica Utopia comes to the Southbank Centre 31 August – 4 September
Discover art and ideas from Africa that are changing the world
Read MoreCllr Philip Glanville selected as Labour mayoral candidate
Current deputy mayor beats three rivals to win Labour nomination to become Hackney’s next mayor
Read MoreFractal Meat Live at New River Studios – review
The album-launch-cum-radio-broadcast was put together by sound artist and NTS DJ Graham Dunning
Read MoreBrave New Hoxton – Hackney children curate Museum of the Future at the Hundred Years Gallery
Kids’ efforts in futurology to be shown in temporary exhibition, open to the public on 30 – 31st July
Read MoreAn Unreliable Guide to London – book review
The new collection from Influx Press delivers exceptional stories and bizarre vignettes from beyond Zone 1
Read MoreCafé SoVegan, Clapton, restaurant review – ‘a project to be heralded’
Vegans and non-vegans alike will find something tasty to tuck in to at this Clapton café-in-a-pub
Read MoreMissing teenager Shai Morgan found safe and well
Police confirm the 14-year-old has been reunited with her family
Read MorePolice investigating allegation of rape of thirteen-year-old girl in London Fields
Police believe attack believe took place between 9pm Saturday 16 July and 1am the following morning
Read MoreUnsterile Clinic: silhouettes of FGM survivors
Aida Silvestri’s photographs feature layers of hand-stitched leather showing the type of mutilation suffered
Read MoreUnsterile Clinic: silhouettes of FGM survivors
Aida Silvestri’s photographs feature layers of hand-stitched leather showing the type of mutilation suffered
Read MoreQuiz goers raise nearly £800 for Oxjam Dalston
Oxjam Dalston hosts first fundraiser ahead of huge music event in October
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