Posts by Hackney Citizen
Hackney business pulls anti-Olympics banner after pressure from top cop
Hackney police borough commander calls boss of Essex Flour & Grain Company over Justice for Victims of the Olympics protest sign
Read MoreBhopal: A Silent Picture – review
Human Rights Action Centre. Until Tuesday 31 July 2012
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ diary: Day 0
Residents give their impressions of life in our Olympic borough on the day the Games officially kick off
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ diary: Day -1
Residents give their impressions of life in our Olympic borough as the Games progress
Read MoreLondon 2012 Olympic diary: Share your Hackney stories
Do you have a story about the Olympics to share? Get in touch!
Read MoreGoing nowhere – the East End art scene
Despite rumours of the death of the local art scene, it is still very much alive and well
Read MoreHackney newsagent’s bunting falls foul of Olympic brand policing
Hackney Council enforcement officers accused of overzealous behaviour in bid to protect Olympic brands on the torch relay route
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic Torch comes to Hackney
Thousands line the streets to greet the Olympic Flame and celebrate at the One Hackney Festival
Read MoreOlympic torch route, day 64: there’s something for everyone in Clissold Park
Virginia Woolf, skater kids, Bugaboo mums, Ninja Turtles, and now the torch – this green space has seen it all
Read MoreFireWater – preview
Sunday 22 July 2012, Rosemary Branch Theatre
Read MoreLondon legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
Read MoreHackney’s population up by 19% in 10 years
The borough’s population has grown to almost a quarter of a million, according to 2011 census figures
Read More‘Mole Man’ house fetches £1m at auction
Planning permission sees huge speculator interest in flawed Hackney house
Read MoreLondon legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Read MoreLondon 2012: the Games and its discontents
Away from all the Olympics hype, there are many people who are less than excited about the Games and it presence in East London. Andrew Connelly looks into their reasons for objecting
Read MoreShoreditch Stories – review
Discover portrayals of the everyday at a GP surgery in Shoreditch
Read MoreBarbaric Sport: A Global Plague – review
Architect and theorist Mark Perelman pulls no punches in this impassioned critique of international sport
Read MoreThe Art of Dissent: Adventures in London’s Olympic State – review
This new collection of critical writings about the Olympic Games celebrates a variety of local responses to and protests against London 2012
Read MoreThe White Building/Lea River Park – review
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Read MoreLondon 2012: Phillips Idowu pull-out sends shivers through home nation
• Olympic triple jump silver medallist troubled by ‘hip tightness’
• Worries for Tiffany Porter, Robbie Grabarz, men’s sprint relay