Posts by Hackney Citizen
Learning Trust returns education services to Hackney Council control
Council takes over the running of its education services as decade-long contract with private provider comes to an end
Read MoreKirsty Treloar death – Hackney teenager Myles Williams found guilty of murder
Ex-boyfriend killed mother Kirsty Treloar after texting her a New Year resolution not to hurt her again
Read MoreBlue Plaque unveiled at Harold Pinter’s childhood home in Clapton
Harold’s widow, Lady Antonia Fraser Pinter unveiled the commemorative plaque which has been sponsored by Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group
Read More‘Let them eat rat’ says diversity expert over Ridley Road Market bushmeat row
Lester Holloway calls for “cultural awareness” in Dalston rat meat scare
Read MorePolitician plays cheeky stunt in Broadway Market ‘closed road’ row
Conservative London Assembly Member Andrew Boff attacks ‘misleading’ road signs
Read MoreBroadway Market traders fear ‘race track’ cycling event
Protest planned against car-free experiment in Broadway Market
Read MoreCaucasian Chalk Circle – review
Marxist playwright’s famous work seems quite at home in Shoreditch Church
Read MoreSwap Westminster for ‘Eastminster’ says Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Is Hackney the answer if Parliament has to close for repairs? Meg Hillier MP proposes an alternative Olympic legacy
Read MoreBorough Wines opens in Stoke Newington
Borough Wines have opened a new specialist wine shop on Stoke Newington Church Street
Read MoreCool for Kat-Su
Alley Katsu, serving Japanese curries at the Hackney Homemade market, boasts some of the best street food in London right now
Read MoreLondon Fields benefits from design boost
New initiative aims to put the creative hotspot on the global design map
Read MoreMaking to measure – London Cloth and Gresham Blake join forces
‘Micro cloth mill’ and renowned tailor get together to launch locally-sourced bespoke garment service
Read MoreLawless – review
This period picture tells the true story of the Bondurant brothers in prohibition-era Virginia
Read MoreGreta Karpin obituary
Tributes paid as Hackney Labour Party stalwart dies aged 80
Read MoreMove to car-free streets to help Hackney children play
Youngsters set to reclaim their residential roads
Read MoreHackney – A Tale Of Two Cities
Zed Nelson’s photography explores the contradictions and inequalities to be found in the borough
Read MoreA very Hackney WickED weekend
Despite the rain, Hackney WickED’s excursion to Red Market was a resounding success
Read MoreBinoche stars in Strindberg’s Mademoiselle Julie
The hottest tickets in town this month are for the Barbican’s blockbuster Mademoiselle Julie
Read MoreCarousel- review
Opera North’s Carousel is an enjoyable, if hardly revolutionary version of the classic musical
Read MoreThe Teleportation Accident – review
Hackney author Ned Beauman’s latest novel mashes up sci-fi, film noir and high-minded historical fiction
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