Posts by Hackney Citizen
Opposites attract in Butterfly Fish
Split between contemporary London and 19th-century West Africa, Butterfly Fish is a debut novel with an epic scope
Read MoreHot child, summer in the city: Free August events for kids in Hackney
From Sutton House to summer camp, Hackney has a plethora of cheap and low-cost activities for kids this summer
Read MoreBy the bookie: council declares victory over betting shops
Changes which came into effect in April make betting shops ‘most regulated industry on high street’
Read MoreThe real mothers of invention
A Hackney historian challenges conventional thinking about the ‘eureka’ moment
Read MoreLove the Lea festival returns to Walthamstow Marshes
Environmentally-friendly festival includes pond-dipping, water quality testing and taking photos and filming underwater
Read MoreOrthodox Jewish school at centre of driving ban furore denied state funding
Decision ‘focused particularly’ on school’s compliance with Equality Act and ‘serious concerns’ about health and safety
Read MorePolice attacked by masked revellers at Stamford Hill party
Officers attacked by 400 party-goers throwing bricks and bottles after party gets ‘out of control’
Read MoreMan found dead in Clissold Park
Victim was discovered just after 6.30am
Read MoreThe Misfit Analysis: a play to 'push autism out of the ghetto'
Cian Binchy questions disability’s place in society through the exploration of an autistic mind
Read MoreThe scoop: Hackney’s best ice cream
Hackney’s cool streak extends all the way to the freezer section, finds Gillian Riley
Read MoreHackney’s electoral register revealed as most inaccurate in the country
Electoral Commission report reveals 23 per cent of entries on the electoral roll are unconfirmed
Read MoreBeside the Leaside
Passionate canal lover Sam Napper captures life on the Lee Navigation in a series of dream-like photographs
Read MoreCrackdown on renting to illegal immigrants will be ‘ineffectual’ says charity
Dr Rayah Feldman says dishing out heavy penalties to landlords will not make homeless and destitute leave the UK
Read MoreBattle over silent majority as resident groups slam ‘pro-booze’ campaign
Swords drawn in licensing row as residents’ groups say campaign merely sets out to protect bar owners’ profits
Read MoreAsif Kapadia – ‘Something happened with Amy'
Camden, not Hackney, is the place with which the singer Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning, will always be associated. But for Hackney-born director Asif Kapadia, whose acclaimed documentary Amy tells the story of the singer’s precarious life and untimely death, Winehouse could have been “a girl from down the road”. Unlike…
Read MorePlay exploring radicalisation of young Muslims axed two weeks before opening
Confusion as National Youth Theatre play Homegrown which focuses on lure of Islamic State pulled at the last minute
Read MoreHomegrown – young, gifted and radicalised
Homegrown is a site-specific play looking at community responses to extremism, with a focus on the three teenagers from Bethnal Green who left their homes to join Isis this year
Read MoreOpening of 'misleading' Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs
Read MoreDalston ply-scraper on the rise as Hackney becomes timber trailblazer
The borough is quietly positioning itself at the forefront of a revolution in urban housing architecture
Read MoreCruise controls: Abney Park sex under scrutiny
Outreach workers will be patrolling weekly until March 2016 under new Healthier Hackney Fund initiative
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