Posts by Hackney Citizen
Hannah Moss: silent play is 'my way of saying goodbye’ after Dad's death
The death of her father and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five inspired Hannah Moss’s acclaimed play So it Goes
Read MorePolitrix – stage review: disillusioned youth and Westminster politics
An educational trip to the Houses of Parliament only serves to further alienate a group of inner-city youngsters in Politrix
Read MoreEducation re-imagined: Big Creative offers new opportunities in Walthamstow
With new campus, Big Creative Village will expand training for 16-19 year-olds seeking careers in the creative industries
Read MoreWrapped in wool: Yarn-bomb at playground encourages kids to get outdoors
Easter surprise as KIDS Adventure Play in Upper Clapton is covered in yarn
Read MoreArtists accuse cider giant of ‘pirating the spirit’ of Hackney Wick
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg wants to hold the Urban Forest Festival over six weeks this Summer
Read MoreCharities urge end to ‘devastating’ policy as ‘no recourse’ families triple in Hackney
Hackney Migrant Centre and Project 17 warn that a growing number of families are living in ‘extreme poverty’
Read MorePetition launched to stop Rich Mix from closing
Legal dispute with Tower Hamlets Council puts future of Shoreditch arts organisation in doubt
Read MoreHackney Energy offers shares to fund solar start-up
Community group sets out to raise £142,000 to fund borough’s first community-owned solar project
Read MoreTUSC announces parliamentary candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Brian Debus is to stand as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition’s candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Read MoreArchdeacon of Hackney Rachel Treweek to become next Bishop of Gloucester
‘My overwhelming feeling is one of excitement,’ says the Ven Rachel Treweek
Read MoreRevealed: tampering of exam papers at Hackney primary schools
Schools to be given new guidance as investigations find exam papers at De Beauvoir and Southwold primary schools were compromised
Read More‘Politics is dead’: Russell Brand opens café on estate that fought off developers
Comedian and activist says the Trew Era café will be a ‘self-supporting new economic enterprise’ staffed by former addicts
Read MoreHackney pulls out of joint borough devolution bid at eleventh hour
Council withdraws from nine borough bid to focus on ‘pan-London approach’ led by London Councils
Read MoreJoiners Arms campaigners ‘over the moon’ as council upholds listed status
Owners of the pub appeal but council says it is ‘realistic’ that the pub could continue to serve community
Read MoreGlyphosate used by council ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans, report finds
Director of Public Health Dr Penny Bevan says council will ‘continue to follow government guidance’
Read MoreGovernment blocks Hackney charity from visiting private prisons
‘The depth of paranoia is breathtaking’, says Chief Executive Frances Crook after Ministry of Justice cancels scheduled visits
Read MoreThe Baby Blues by Daryl Waller: album review
Daryl Waller’s The Baby Blues is a lo-fi delight recalling Elliott Smith
Read MoreIntroduction to Journalism course
Develop the skills every journalist needs with our part-time, Monday evening course
Read MoreMoped muggings on the rise in Hackney, police warn
Superintendent Andy Walker urges vigilance as borough sees ‘significant increase’ in moped robberies
Read MoreSix arrested after violent attack on Stamford Hill synagogue
Police are treating incident as anti-Semitic but there is ‘no suggestion’ attack was planned or targeted
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