Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘Someone knows who killed my son’: mother’s plea at vigil for Joseph Burke-Monerville
Linda Burke-Monerville tells audience at packed St John at Hackney Church: ‘Don’t keep silent if you know who murdered Joseph’
Read MoreClissold Park’s anniversary celebrations set to be breath of fresh air
Green light for open space to celebrate 125 years
Read MoreDallas Buyers Club – review
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto make an unlikely pairing as a rodeo cowboy with Aids and a transgender woman with a cocaine habit in Jean-Marc Vallée’s biographical drama
Read MoreLess schmaltz, more syphilis: how Valentine’s Day is upping the anti
The annual love fest isn’t all about saccharine covered roses and teddy bears this year
Read MoreAre you running right?
Free talk for runners to ensure maximum performance while avoiding injury
Read MoreImproved GCSE results in Hackney, but are our schools making the grade?
Results were up again in 2013 but a closer look at the data reveals a nuanced picture
Read MoreHackney Council refuses to release report into alleged irregularities at Best Start federated schools
Mystery still surrounds demise of Greg Wallace as ‘superhead’ of Best Start Federation primaries
Read MoreLondon Collections: Men
East London designers make fashion a male prerogative at three-day event
Read MoreGoing The Way of the Dodo
Documentary is a celebration of a dying medium and portrait of a true film aficionado
Read MoreAmerican Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light – review
Iain Sinclair leaves Hackney for the US on a Beat poetry pilgrimage in his latest book
Read MoreFifty people of East London who are true to type
Well-observed guide to East Londoners is packed with satire and observational humour
Read MorePlatterform’s Sea Adventure Series – review
Pop-up perennials Platterform lift anchor on their Sea Adventure Series in London Fields
Read MoreIn search of all that glitters – In Skagway at the Arcola
Karen Ardiff’s new play highlights plight of Irish migrant women during the Klondike Gold Rush
Read MoreA Midsummer Night’s Dream brings War Horse team back together
Director Tom Morris and Handspring Puppet Company reunited for production of Shakespeare comedy at the Barbican
Read MoreBlind and Doing the Business – review
Two plays written by Doug Lucie performed at the Courtyard Theatre look at the market-driven motives underpinning the art and theatre world
Read MoreHackney Wick artists to ‘take over’ Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum plans to bring East London to Kensington as part of their Friday Late series this month
Read MoreStreet artist Phlegm’s first indoor exhibition at Shoreditch gallery
Mystery muralist unveils The Bestiary installation at the Howard Griffin Gallery
Read MoreHackney students star in East Side Story dance film
Film based on West Side Story gives tale of star-crossed lovers a Hackney setting
Read MoreOslo – review
Eating at Hackney’s newest nightspot is a mixture of Nordic flavours and creative twists on classic gastro fare
Read MoreDarren Hayman’s Valentine’s Day Occupation at the Vortex
Former Hefner frontman Darren Hayman talks about love songs ahead of Valentine’s instalment of his monthly residency
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