Posts by Hackney Citizen
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau seeks volunteer advisers
Citizens’ Advice is for life, not just for Christmas – volunteers are needed all year round
Read MoreHackney estate tenants in pets row
Proposed changes to tenancy agreements for Hackney residents living in council-owned properties are causing concern
Read MoreHackney Community Law Centre appoints new manager as legal aid cuts bite
Cllr Ian Rathbone says new arrival will ‘bring a cutting edge’ to the work of Hackney Community Law Centre
Read MoreHackney residents ‘homeless’ at Christmas after suspected arson attacks
Alarmed shopkeepers demand tighter security following dual blazes within a week of each other
Read MoreThe Animalympics – review
Julia Griffin and Hendrik Wittkopf’s new children’s book, The Animalympics, is a lively and refreshing take on the 2012 Games
Read MoreTop Boy, Top Christmas
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
Read MoreTeenager stabbed outside Hackney Town Hall
An outbreak of violence on the last day of term leaves a 15 year-old in hospital
Read MoreProtestors occupy Hackney to highlight the ‘99%’
The global Occupy movement arrives in central Hackney as protestors demand social justice and greater wealth equality
Read MorePlans afoot for new Hackney secondary free school
The Hackney Citizen meets Andreas Wesemann to find out more about a bid by local residents to open their own school
Read MoreRiver Lea not fit for fish warns report
A much-loved local river is becoming highly polluted and its water quality is hazardously low in many places
Read MoreDesign Den at Barbican Centre
The Curve Gallery is host to this festive pop-up shop selling by works by a number of Hackney-based artists and designers
Read MoreStour Space Designers’ Market
Stour Space Designers’ Market, Saturday 17 December 2011
Read MoreHouse of Hackney launches Circus of alternatives
Circus is at The Tramshed in Shoreditch until 18 December 2011 from 10am – 8pm daily
Read MoreHackney activist highlights campaign to end violence against sex workers
Thierry Schaffauser talks about his work and the international campaign to end violence against those working in this industry
Read MoreLondon Mayor Boris Johnson joins tea party with Hackney girl Barbara Windsor
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson volunteers at a Contact the Elderly tea party and calls on citizens to help those who are vulnerable and isolated
Read MoreThe Reindeer Monologues
Every Tuesday and Wednesday until Christmas at The Lion, Church Street, Stoke Newington
Read MoreTurning over a new loaf at e5 Bakehouse
The Citizen visits e5 Bakehouse to find freshly baked bread in London Fields
Read MoreDown at the FARM:Shop
The Hackney Citizen finds chickens, coffee and camaraderie on Dalston Lane
Read MoreLong Way Back to Nowhere: New Works from the Holy Land
The Citizen talks to Nick Waplington about his time in the Middle East and how it inspired his new show at See Studio
Read MoreThe Puppini Sisters’ ‘little black book’
Looking for somewhere new to visit in Hackney this month? Local girls Marcella and Kate from the Puppini Sisters share their tips for the best hang-outs
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