Posts by Hackney Citizen
Alternative V-Day Fair is a feminist celebration
Decorate your pants, or buy a passive aggressive card for your loved one at a Valentine’s charity fundraiser event at Moth Club
Read MoreHackney to lose 915 social homes in estate regeneration ‘disaster’
Critics say plans would ‘benefit wealthy property developers’
Read MoreBethnal Green arts hub at risk of eviction awarded protected status
No.w.here, an experimental film and arts organisation, is battling to remain in its East London home
Read MoreFeminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus
Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past
Read More‘I can walk 1,000 miles’ – teenager takes steps to combat climate change
Gabriel Stewart will walk the UK to fundraise for a renewable energy charity
Read MoreHow to have a quail of a time this Valentine’s Day
Food historian Gillian Riley looks at the many myths behind 14 February – and cooks up a lovers’ feast
Read MorePolice hunt two men over violent assault in Hoxton
Attack on East Road saw two men attacked with wooden stakes
Read MoreOutcry over plans to bulldoze ‘community pub’ London Tavern to build luxury flats
The 150-year-old pub is used by Irish and Traveller residents
Read MoreGet the picture: 'Brockley' by Tim Stoner
A painting by the artist Tim Stoner is the featured artwork of this month’s column
Read MoreJunior doctors in 24-hour strike as majority of public supports action
Second walk-out this year over Jeremy Hunt’s new contracts
Read MoreRight to Buy ‘attack on social housing’ is close to becoming law
Warning that sale of council homes under Right to Buy will ‘destroy’ communities
Read MoreTitbits – Sporting Hackney FC and Simche Steinberger’s shot at goal
An embattled month for local ‘treehuggers’ and ‘Corbyn the clown’
Read MoreGoodsyard developers’ £25k fund branded a ‘kick in the teeth’ for residents
Campaigners blasted the community fund as ‘shameful’ and ‘a patent bribe’
Read MoreMan who ‘targeted and preyed on vulnerable women’ jailed for attempted rapes
Usman Tahir handed 12 year sentence for two separate attacks
Read MoreFamily connection to Mayflower pilgrims inspires play
Don’t Waste Your Bullets on the Dead by Stoke Newington-based writer Freddie Machin premieres this month at Vault Festival
Read MoreTeenage moped rider dies and another injured in police chase
Tragedy took place on Upper Clapton Road
Read More'The towers dominated the skyline': Beaumont Estate revisited in new play at The Yard
Based on interviews with former and current residents of a Leyton housing estate, Re: Home examines what our homes mean to us
Read MoreArcola Queer Collective: championing LGBT rights through theatre
On the eve of their adaptation of Le Petit Prince, director Rubyyy Jones talks about the state of queer theatre today – and how genuine equality is still a work in progress
Read MoreAbney Park chapel set for repairs ahead of public reopening
Oldest surviving non-denominational chapel in Europe to receive maintenance work to address ‘downward spiral of decay’
Read MoreBloc Party review, Village Underground: 'time is the only silent alarm'
Bloc Party are back with a changed line-up and new album, which they debuted live last month. Is it time to give them another chance?
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