Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘You take the highs with the lows’: London’s ‘only Black-led high street vintage shop’ celebrates 10 years in Hackney
The Citizen catches up with Rekindled owner Jackie Dacres as she looks back at a decade on Well Street
Read More‘I’ve seen a hell a lot of change’: Legendary Hackney film director launches 50-year retrospective in Shoreditch
John Smith, who Jarvis Cocker calls his ‘favourite British filmmaker’, will show 50 of his works over 10 weeks
Read MoreGreenpeace Shoreditch volunteers raise money for ‘boulder barrier’ to thwart industrial fishing in English Channel
Local residents helped bring in more than £5k for the charity’s campaign to protect oceans
Read MoreCharity for African communities celebrates new home at council property in Clapton – with Hackney Mayor welcoming ‘brilliant’ organisation
AFRIDAC selected as new tenant at one of the 50 council buildings reserved for the voluntary sector
Read More‘The trauma lasts for life’: Author and psychologist visits Hackney charity to launch novel about child trafficking
Angela Karanja’s thriller, Smuggled, is based on her experiences working with teenagers
Read MoreStamford Hill Clockhouse to be put up for sale – with council urging local businesses to help bring it back into use
Town Hall is keen to hear from ‘organisations with a presence in Stamford Hill’ as it prepares to market the property
Read MoreHackney Wick set to benefit from £1.2m fund to help creative industries go green
City Hall announces grants of up to £200k for London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones
Read More‘We’re all in’: Award-winning wildlife illustrator to open studio and shop in Clapton after crowdfunding success
Ben Rothery delighted to ‘put roots down’ in his local borough – with Hidden Planet set to open later this year
Read More‘Once-in-a-generation chance’: Crowdfunder for wild swimming pond in East London smashes past the halfway mark
Volunteer-led campaign has raised £250k in a matter of months
Read MoreNew cycle lanes in Clapton plug ‘key gap’ between Hackney and Waltham Forest
Borough’s transport boss hails ‘ambitious safe route’ through Millfields Park
Read MoreHomerton Hospital’s support for staff during pandemic sees it nominated for national award
The local NHS trust’s director of people said the hospital is ‘immensely proud’
Read More‘A constant in all our lives’: Local politicians pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death at the age of 96
Town Hall cancels this weekend’s Hackney Carnival as nation enters period of mourning
Read MoreCycling campaigners welcome council’s pledge to install 675 storage hangars across Hackney – but concerns remain over price
Town Hall commits to creating 4,000 new spaces by 2026
Read MoreHackney politicians urge parents to apply for school uniform grant as households come under ‘severe strain’
Mayor and Deputy Mayor encourage residents to claim the £100 discount before the school year starts
Read More‘Incredibly proud’: Hackney students celebrate improved exam results after ‘strange and difficult couple of years’
Borough’s pupils post impressive A-level, Btech and GCSE grades as formal exams returned following the pandemic
Read More‘My stories begin in Hackney’: Author Iain Sinclair to release film about retracing his ancestor’s journey to Peru
The writer says the adventure documented in The Gold Machine is like ‘any of those funny, strange expeditions I’ve done for my own books’
Read More‘Reimagine the world’: New trail of globe sculptures in Hackney puts racial injustice under the spotlight
Arts and education combine for a project designed to develop our understanding of the slave trade
Read MoreWoodberry Down’s residents and natural history celebrated in project by Royal College of Art graduate
Xinqi Chen’s stunning illustrations were inspired by local stories and the campaign to save the Happy Man tree
Read MoreChatsworth Road to host free one-day festival this Sunday – with food, fairground rides and music on offer
ChatsWORLD Summer Fair is a celebration of the shopping street’s history
Read MoreCrowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone
Volunteers hoping to transform a disused water depot in Lower Clapton are almost halfway to their target
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