Hackney Citizen

London for Lovers – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 14:36

A new guidebook offers ideas for Valentine’s Day outings

Field Day gets its acts together

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 February 2013 at 13:11

Victoria Park’s annual Field Day festival is looking an increasingly enticing prospect for the May bank holiday, with a new set of acts now confirmed

Lincoln – review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 February 2013 at 19:23

Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture

Mare Rider – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 19:47

Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism

History teaching in schools faces ‘whitewash’ warn Hackney politicians

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 18:16

Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Cllr Patrick Vernon sign open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove to scrap National Curriculum reform

Post War Years to release new album Galapagos

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 17:21

Hackney band Post War Years have put their past as hard- up musicians behind them with a new album

Victorian frescoes discovered at Hoxton church

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 16:56

Religious art by son of Gothic Revival pioneer uncovered at St Monica’s Priory in Hoxton

London Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 16:31

Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water

Hackney Friends of the Earth highlights air pollution problems

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 February 2013 at 15:29

Air pollution is an invisible threat we should not hide from says local eco campaign group

Local history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:59

Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing

Vanitas at Double Negative Darkroom – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:45

Victorian photography techniques are used in Double Negative Darkroom’s Vanitas exhibition

Unknown Heroine – Sanja Ivekovic at Calvert 22

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:17

Socialism, gender and political unrest are key themes in an exhibition by this Croatian artist

Literary February

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 10 February 2013 at 13:04

The month in books

Decadence – The Transformation of Being: Marcos Juncal at Stour Space

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 16:33

New exhibition explores the surreal sculptures of local artist Marcos Juncal

Keeping it surreal – The Bride and the Bachelors at the Barbican

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 12:17

The Barbican’s Dancing Around Duchamp season features a major exhibition of work by the French iconoclast and related artists

Embracing the random – art on freecycle

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 12:05

Artist Erica Scourti writes about giving away her drawings on Freecycle and making a new art work of the process

Schnick Schnack Schnuck! at Limoncello

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 11:51

Cornelia Baltes’ solo exhibition at Limoncello Gallery playfully anticipates your next move

Stamford Hill – Hackney’s best kept secret

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 11:30

Situated in a prime location with good schools and nearby parks, Stamford Hill has much going for it

Fears rise as plan to turn five Hackney primary schools into academies gets thumbs-up

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 February 2013 at 11:04

The decision of five Hackney primary schools to become academies could have a negative impact on other schools, claims teaching union

Woman robbed while waiting for train at London Fields station

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 February 2013 at 14:56

Police are looking for man caught on CCTV following incident at London Fields station platform