Posts by Hackney Citizen
Bogus ‘gasman’ steals £1,000 from woman’s home
Police appeal for information after theft from elderly woman
Read More‘Proud anti-Semite’ jailed for inciting racial hatred
Leader of failed anti-Semitic rally in Stamford Hill sentenced to three years and four months in prison
Read MoreFuming residents consider options over London Fields cycleway
‘People just don’t want this,’ claims councillor as Town Hall reveals details of consultation
Read MorePee-back time: council introduces ‘bounce off’ walls in bid to slash street urination
Specially-coated walls designed to repel liquid are Town Hall’s secret weapon in battle against public peeing
Read MoreIl Cudega, review: capturing the northern soul of Italy
Lombardy restaurant Il Cudega is full of surprises – but does it pasta the taste test?
Read MoreMan charged with rape following attack on Amhurst Road
Police had issued an urgent public appeal to help trace a suspect
Read MoreWhy Homerton Hospital art room is the picture of good health
Pioneering art workshops are helping those with brain injuries and dementia take control of their lives whilst accessing an ‘unknown universe of creative potential’
Read MoreScrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns
Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’
Read More‘Tis the season to get your Christmas greens
What can Hackney’s space-strapped growers do to bring some leafiness into their homes this Christmas?
Read MoreStudents occupy gallery over plans to sell-off Cass art school
One campus policy sparks protest as campaign to ‘save the Aldgate Bauhaus’ intensifies
Read MoreGet the picture: 'Library Looting' by Willem Weismann
The East End Review focuses on a single work of art on display in East London
Read MoreNumber of mental health emergencies spikes
Help hotline gets more calls as ambulances struggle to cope
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter predicts increasing demand for fourth year in row
Local charity has 700 volunteers but need is ‘greater than ever’
Read MorePolice issue urgent appeal after rape in Amhurst Road
Detectives have released an e-fit image of a man they want to question about the attack
Read MoreCouncil waves through plans for 30-storey hotel complex in Shoreditch
Campaigners claim decision to grant planning permission ‘undermines’ opposition to Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme
Read MoreMeet the man asking Hackney to ‘donate privilege’
Founder of Arts Emergency explains why we need to tackle privilege in the arts
Read MoreHow two authors attempted to exhaust a place in London
Two authors spent a weekend in a Hackney square and wrote down everything they saw there in homage to an experiment by French writer Georges Perec
Read MoreCouncil backpedals over London Fields cycleway
Town Hall has delayed three-month trial of cycle quietway trial after the new consultation period
Read MoreEast London collective Assemble become first 'non-artists' to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
Read MoreEast London collective Assemble become first ‘non-artists’ to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
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