Posts by Hackney Citizen
Eight Days A Week – Fades to Valentine pink
Punk rock outfit The Fades get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with double A-side single
Read MoreWhatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review
Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator
Read MoreProphesy – prophets and loss of love
A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain
Read MoreLondon for Lovers – review
A new guidebook offers ideas for Valentine’s Day outings
Read MoreField Day gets its acts together
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
Read MoreLincoln – review
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture
Read MoreMare Rider – review
Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism
Read MoreHistory teaching in schools faces ‘whitewash’ warn Hackney politicians
Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Cllr Patrick Vernon sign open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove to scrap National Curriculum reform
Read MorePost War Years to release new album Galapagos
Hackney band Post War Years have put their past as hard- up musicians behind them with a new album
Read MoreVictorian frescoes discovered at Hoxton church
Religious art by son of Gothic Revival pioneer uncovered at St Monica’s Priory in Hoxton
Read MoreLondon Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review
Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water
Read MoreHackney Friends of the Earth highlights air pollution problems
Air pollution is an invisible threat we should not hide from says local eco campaign group
Read MoreLocal history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing
Read MoreVanitas at Double Negative Darkroom – review
Victorian photography techniques are used in Double Negative Darkroom’s Vanitas exhibition
Read MoreUnknown Heroine – Sanja Ivekovic at Calvert 22
Socialism, gender and political unrest are key themes in an exhibition by this Croatian artist
Read MoreLiterary February
The month in books
Read MoreDecadence – The Transformation of Being: Marcos Juncal at Stour Space
New exhibition explores the surreal sculptures of local artist Marcos Juncal
Read MoreKeeping it surreal – The Bride and the Bachelors at the Barbican
The Barbican’s Dancing Around Duchamp season features a major exhibition of work by the French iconoclast and related artists
Read MoreEmbracing the random – art on freecycle
Artist Erica Scourti writes about giving away her drawings on Freecycle and making a new art work of the process
Read MoreSchnick Schnack Schnuck! at Limoncello
Cornelia Baltes’ solo exhibition at Limoncello Gallery playfully anticipates your next move
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