Posts by Hackney Citizen
Get The Picture: George Blacklock and Gary Oldman, Flowers Gallery
A painting by George Blacklock inspired by Michelangelo’s Pietà is the focus of this month’s column
Read MoreDance Tunnel did not apply to extend licence, Hackney Council confirms
Dalston nightclub has been ‘able to operate regularly until 5am’, claims Town Hall
Read MoreFinsbury Park residents take legal action over ‘inappropriate’ Wireless Festival
Summer festival is ‘the last thing we want’, says chair of Friends of Finsbury Park group
Read MoreLast Dance Tunnel: beloved club to close in August
Hackney’s ‘licensing climate’ makes it ‘impossible’ to continue, says venue
Read More‘Unacceptable’ plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard hit setback
Boris Johnson’s own planning officers recommend that he reject the controversial scheme
Read More1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Read MoreFamilies to dig up Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre before developers move in
The site of early performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V is to be incorporated into a tower of luxury apartments and office space in Shoreditch
Read MoreStrange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders' lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Read MoreStrange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders’ lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Read MoreCandidates announced for Hackney Downs and Stoke Newington byelections
Contenders have thrown their hats into the ring for two seats in Stoke Newington and Hackney Downs following the resignation of councillors
Read MoreBox of tricks – the art of Amanda Houchen
Amanda Houchen’s enigmatic figures are performers conditioned by the temporary nature of the stardom they crave
Read MoreHomerton junior doctors strike for fourth time over new contracts
48-hour junior doctors’ strike leads to over 5,000 operations and procedures cancelled nationally
Read MoreKinoteka Film Festival set to showcase best of Polish film history
This month East London venues will be showing films by some of the defining figures of Polish cinema
Read MoreOn Message – writer and ex-bicycle courier pens memoir on wheels
Hackney journalist provides social commentary and insight into the precarious world of London cycle couriers in Messengers
Read MoreTitbits – council rags, terror flags and whitewashed Hackney
Hackney and Greenwich’s unlikely partnership, fashion hub consternation, and the borough in an alternative universe
Read MoreReview: The Fish Police, Café Oto
Songs about chicken nuggets are de rigueur in the unique pop world of the Fish Police
Read MoreNumber of Hackney children ‘in need’ rises by almost a third
Over one thousand children at risk of abuse or neglect at home, new figures also show
Read MoreRinging the changes – London’s first all-women’s wrestling event hits Hackney Wick
Pro Wrestling EVE took over the Cre8 Lifestyle Centre in late March for an evening of barrier-breaking sports entertainment
Read MoreIllegal Jewish schools: council denies cover up over ‘missing’ children
Council education chiefs accused of ‘destroying’ evidence of Jewish children dropping off education system
Read MoreVirtual Reality show: pupils get visit from Oscar winners
Company that worked on Gravity introduces primary school pupils to computer animation
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