Posts by Hackney Citizen
Yayoi Kusama, Victoria Miro gallery, review: 'Infinity in a pumpkin'
A collection of spectacular mirrored environments, sculptures and paintings immerse the viewer in an expansive sublime plane
Read MoreYayoi Kusama, Victoria Miro gallery, review: ‘Infinity in a pumpkin’
A collection of spectacular mirrored environments, sculptures and paintings immerse the viewer in an expansive sublime plane
Read More‘Hoxton is no longer a place for artists’ – Paintworks art supplies shop to close after 31 years
‘The area has changed and my customers have been priced out,’ says manager of Paintworks
Read MoreScoffing offal – an East End history
Once considered a cheap dish fit only for the poor, offal is in fact a delicacy in its own right
Read MoreNational charity warns of ‘seismic shift towards criminalisation’ of Hackney’s sex workers
Sex workers are increasingly subject to enforcement by police and local authorities in the form of dispersal orders, fines and prosecution
Read MoreScoffing offal – a Hackney history
Once considered a cheap dish fit only for the poor, offal is in fact a delicacy in its own right
Read MoreThe Passion of Lady Vendredi: Rich Mix to stage 'blaxploitation epic'
Voodoo, evangelism and white working class comedians are some of the inspirations for the character of Lady Vendredi
Read MorePlay set in ‘shipping container’ highlights plight of child refugees
Cargo, a new play opening at the Arcola this month, recreates a border crossing in real time
Read MoreGoing solar: renewable energy brings power to the people
Hackney produces less green energy than some neighbouring boroughs, but there are ideas afoot to change that
Read MoreQueen’s Yard set for partial demolition
‘We don’t want no yuppie flats, we’re happy with our rats’
Read MoreHackney Central by-election candidates announced
Voting takes place on Thursday 21 July 2016 between 7am and 10pm
Read MoreIstanbul terrorist attacks: advice surgery for Hackney’s Turkish and Kurdish-speaking residents
Native speaker will be on hand to help with translation and counselling at free drop-in service
Read MoreVortex to host jazz extravaganza in tribute to Jelly Roll Morton
Gigs inspired by the self-proclaimed ‘inventor of jazz’ and London’s own musical heritage to be held at Dalston venue
Read MoreVortex to host jazz extravaganza in tribute to Jelly Roll Morton
Gigs inspired by the self-proclaimed ‘inventor of jazz’ and London’s own musical heritage to be held at Dalston venue
Read MorePlay set in 'shipping container' highlights plight of child refugees
Arcola production enacts a border-crossing using a replica of the type of container used to escape conflict in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Town rooftop garden house vies for RIBA award
The Garden House has been included on Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) longlist for House of the Year
Read MoreLeader – the real lessons from Brexit
Devolving power to strong, independent regional and local authorities would empower citizens far more
Read MoreColville Estate residents step in to save magnolia trees
The trees were dug up and replanted in Shoreditch Park
Read MoreTitbits – a lackadaisical ex-councillor, a party for London and farewell to Jules Pipe
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Read MoreResidents slam ‘epic hubris’ of council approving its own application to build two high rise towers
Councillor says plans would never be approved if submitted by a private developer
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