Posts by Hackney Citizen
Phillips Idowu awarded MBE
The Hackney-born triple jumper is recognised for services to athletics
Read MoreBlack History Month – what’s going on
Happenings across the borough mark events in the history of the African diaspora
Read MoreInterview: Consequences author Emeka Egbounu
The Citizen talks to Emeka Egbounu about his new book and about growing up in Hackney
Read MoreZombies rise up in Stoke Newington in protest against Sainsbury’s supermarket plans
Stoke Newington residents in ghoulish gear are dead against the proposed new store near Abney Park Cemetery
Read MoreDrive – review
Hollywood’s new star Ryan Gosling is the man behind the wheel in Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent and intense film
Read MoreEast London celebrates Pride
Hundreds march peacefully from Hackney Town Hall despite the recent controversies over the appearance of ‘gay-free zone’ stickers
Read MoreBritney Spears shoots Criminal video as council bars gang drama filming on Hackney estates
Replica gun used at Stoke Newington Town Hall as council fears residents risk having ‘neighbourhoods stigmatised’
Read MoreKen Livingstone on riots, debt and the end of the world
Labour’s London mayoral candidate has offered a group of sixth form students his recipe for reviving the capital
Read MoreAfter the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Read MoreFrustration fallout after EastEnders declines Olympic Park move
The BBC’s decision not to move the production base of its flagship soap to the Games broadcast centre makes the job of filling that space in the long term more difficult
Read MoreHackney wards to be redrawn in Boundary Commission shake-up plan
The number of councillors and the size and shape of wards is set to change in advance of the next local elections in 2014
Read MoreSalute To The Wailers – review
Hackney Empire, 10 -11 September 2011
Read MoreKreayshawn – review
The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, London
Read MoreThe Saturday interview: Mossbourne academy’s Sir Michael Wilshaw
Sir Michael Wilshaw is the super-strict head at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and is rumoured to become the new head of Ofsted. Can he repeat Mossbourne’s success nationwide?
Read MorePlanned changes to Hackney MPs’ constituency boundaries unveiled
Two new constituencies for the borough are set to change the shape of Hackney politics if new proposals get the go-ahead
Read MoreHackney Gay Pride march to go ahead despite Home Secretary’s ban
A loophole in the law means local gay parade will takes place later this month as planned
Read MoreAlpha-ville Festival 2011
An exploratory celebration of art, technology and society
Read MorePanel examining the riots lacks independence and teeth
To ensure the avoidance of politically expedient explanations, a public inquiry into the unrest should have been established, says Patrick Vernon
Read MoreThe Skin I Live In – review
Pedro Almodóvar’s film about an obsessive plastic surgeon is a strange and compelling tale
Read MoreSarah Johns: orchestral manoeuvres in the park
Guerilla gigs and unplugged sessions in secret venues have mixed an edgy mystique with raw talent
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