Posts by Hackney Citizen
'That's me in the painting' – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
Read MoreLeader — Council should put its money where its mouth is
The Hackney Citizen is backing Divest Hackney’s campaign calling on the council to withdraw its investment in fossil fuels
Read MoreDivest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
Read MoreTitbits — In vogue politicians, prohibition and spin
Jeremy Corbyn nails normcore, the council’s PR team keep on spinning and an alcohol brand’s ad campaign gets close to the bone
Read MoreLondon Fields bakery shares the loaf with bread-making project for refugees
e5 Bakehouse has teamed up with scheme for refugee women to meet, develop skills and learn to bake bread
Read MoreThe Yard named second most popular theatre in London
Hackney Wick theatre comes in second behind National Theatre in poll
Read MoreBody issues: new lit magazine Funhouse gets corporeal
New short story and illustration publication gets to grips with grotesque human forms for its maiden issue
Read MoreTeenager murdered in Hoxton named as Marcel Addai
The family of the 17-year-old stabbed to death on St John’s Estates say they are ‘devastated’ by the ‘wicked attack’
Read MoreRumble in the jumble: residents let down as council bins community sale
Concern over litter and blocked pathways prompts council U-turn on Stoke Newington Jumble Trail
Read MoreCorbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC
Read MoreElderly residents targeted as bogus call robberies increase
‘Calculating thieves’ pretend to check water pressure before making off with possessions
Read MoreThe secret garden: Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve to open after nearly 200 years
Sealed off East Reservoir to become ‘haven for wildlife and people’ with a visitor centre fashioned from a 19th-century coal house
Read MorePlans to build on Hackney Marshes get green light
Inquiry finds in favour of new sports pavilion as objections from environmental groups are overruled
Read MoreThe Fantasy of Representation at Beers Contemporary – art review
Some clichéd content is the Achilles heel of an otherwise striking exhibition at Beers Contemporary on representational art
Read More‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates
Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers
Read MoreHamlet – stage review: 'ambitious, visually lavish and perfectly-pitched'
Benedict Cumberbatch delights as the indecisive Prince of Denmark, but a stunning set is the real star of the Barbican’s production
Read MoreMillion pound price tag slapped on ‘affordable’ shared ownership flat
‘Stylish’ housing association property in Hackney requires buyers to have income of at least £77,000 pa
Read MoreComplaints relating to prostitution in Hackney up 70 per cent
Police report a significant rise in residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour linked to sex work
Read MoreBakkhai – stage review: Greek tragedy's modern makeover
Ben Whishaw impresses as a Greek god in Anne Carson’s slick adaptation of The Bacchae by Euripides
Read MoreEarmark apprenticeships for young people in care, Barnardo’s urges
Hackney highlighted as an area of concern as charity calls for jobs to be set aside for care leavers
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