Posts by Hackney Citizen
After the Hackney riots: community holds tea party in Clarence Road
Church and community groups organise a get-together exactly a week after the borough’s disturbances
Read MoreSarah’s Key – review
A journalist uncovers a secret while researching a story about the deportattion of Jews in Paris during WW2
Read MoreShacklewell Arms gets new hands
Uber-cool DJs, top bands and ‘secret’ performances have transformed an old-style music pub. The Citizen meets those behind the change
Read MoreHackney WickED Art Festival 2011 – review
This popular three day extravaganza drew thousands of art and music lovers to Hackney Wick and Fish Island last month. The Citizen explores the galleries
Read MoreHackney: ‘these riots were about lack of opportunity’ – video
Channel 4 video: a local filmmaker talks to two members of a gang about possible reasons for the riot and their relationship with the police
Read MoreInterview: Joe Dunthorne on his new book, Wild Abandon
The Hackney author discusses his second novel, which readers have greeted with acclaim
Read MoreHappy Kitchen: Hackney foodie heaven
A new eatery in London Fields leads the way in health-giving, sustainable, ethical food
Read MoreYoung, gifted and back
Kids are coming back to sport as Olympics organisers target couch potato youngsters with enticing outdoor events aimed at reversing negative associations with regimented PE lessons
Read MoreHackney riots: ‘The message when youth clubs close is that no one cares’
Half the borough’s children live in poverty. Missing, too, are the summer courses that kept minds and hands busy
Read MoreWhat caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out
“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”
Read MoreUK riots: don’t shut these kids out now
Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience
Read MoreBoris Johnson says London riots “are not a simple issue.”
London’s Tory Mayor has said that the riots’ “background field of causation” is “very, very, various.”
Read MoreAre you affected by the Hackney riots?
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau offers information to local residents on what to do
Read MoreHackney riots: why here? why now?
What were the reasons for this week’s violent disturbances in the borough?
Read MoreI’m in two minds over the riots
Half of me wants to whack the rioters with a cricket bat, and the other half blames the world, for being unfair
Read MoreThe militarisation of policing the riots would be a deadly mistake
Yes, we must regain control of the streets, but loose talk about rubber bullets and water cannon will achieve nothing
Read MoreHackney riots: taking stock
Local residents and businesses pick up the pieces and hope the next few days will be calmer
Read MoreLondon riots: ‘A generation who don’t respect their parents or police’
At street level in trouble-hit Hackney, residents paint a depressing picture of alienation, anger, boredom and mischief
Read MoreHackney rioters directly target police
Masked men and women barricade Pembury estate in largest confrontation of London riots yet
Read MoreTurkish shopkeepers stand firm against rioters in Dalston
Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away
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