Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘No worthier winner’: St Joseph’s Hospice wins Mayor’s Civic Award
Hard work of ‘amazing’ staff and volunteers recognised
Read MoreParents of Stamford Hill teenagers rescued on Kent coastal walk raise £5,000 for RNLI
34 boys became stranded on the Kent shoreline as the tide came in
Read MoreSt Augustine’s Tower: ‘it was Buckingham Palace for pigeons’
St Augustine’s Tower is Hackney’s oldest building and a symbol of the borough. But for years the building lay redundant with its doors locked
Read MoreHackney New School makes architectural grade
Hackney New School is responding to the challenges – budgetary or otherwise – of a new era in school building
Read More‘Perpetual insecurity’: author Rosie Walker on the Rent Trap
A new book aims to lift the lid on the ‘market-induced inequality’ in private renting
Read MoreLiving in a material world: upholstering with the School of Stuff
Students at Dalston’s School of Stuff reinvigorate old furniture using traditional upholstery methods
Read MoreLiving in a material world: upholstering with the School of Stuff
Students at Dalston’s School of Stuff reinvigorate old furniture using traditional upholstery methods
Read MoreHow citizens are seeking to solve the housing crisis from the bottom up
Squeezed East Londoners are fighting back to shape how their neighbourhood develops
Read MoreLondon Festival of Architecture – preview
Tower Hamlets will be under the spotlight at this year’s annual celebration of architecture
Read MoreHandle with Care – self-storage lock-up stages play about belongings
Promenade production follows Zoe on a 30-year journey, viewed through the prism of her personal effects
Read MoreGetting stuffed – self-storage lock-up stages play about belongings
Handle with Care follows Zoe on a 30-year journey, viewed through the prism of her personal effects
Read MoreKenny Morgan review – ‘a worthy tribute’
Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s secret lover does a stellar job of conveying the post-war prejudice and emotional reticence of 1940s Britain
Read MoreMagical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography, Parasol Unit – art review
The King is brought back to life in a new exhibition at the Parasol Unit that explores the limits of the photographer’s lens
Read MoreField Day to return to Victoria Park this weekend
Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a stellar line-up including James Blake and PJ Harvey
Read MoreVoter registration in Hackney is amongst the lowest in London
New research shows that in seven Hackney wards fewer than 80 per cent of people are on the electoral roll, a figure below the national average
Read MoreKenny Morgan, Arcola theatre, review: 'a worthy tribute'
Mike Poulton’s play about Terence Rattigan’s secret lover does a stellar job of conveying the post-war prejudice and emotional reticence of 1940s Britain
Read MoreRows over London Fields ‘quietway’ and BBQs are battles in war for space
A growing population brings with it growing pressures and competing demands
Read MoreTitbits – councillors, cuckoo mayors and Linden’s day out
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Read MoreHelping hoarders to make room
Charity event at Hackney Picturehouse to offer advice and support to declutter the lives of people with hoarding conditions
Read MoreLubavitch Senior Girls’ School rated ‘good’ by Ofsted
‘Headteacher has worked with determination and vision’
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