Posts by Hackney Citizen
Clapton caterer Vegan Peasant brings glamour and style to veggie cuisine
A unique meat- and dairy-free catering service is converting some of Hackney’s most bloodthirsty carnivores to the subtle and exotic delights of vegan high dining
Read MoreGovernment to defend its 9,000 Olympic tickets
Allocation breakdown shows 450 tickets set aside as prizes at School Games and 1,500 reserved for foreign business guests
Read MoreRivendale bids to open free school in Hackney
The Citizen meets James Woods from Rivendale Education, a group which plans to set up a school free from local authority control. If it succeeds, pupils and parents can expect some radical changes
Read MoreChatsworth Road Market open every Sunday
From today, 12 June, 11am – 4pm
Read MoreSex Worker Film Festival
Sunday 12 Jun 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreSenna – review
Until 16 June 2011, Rio Cinema
Read MoreCanada goose killed by dog in Clissold Park: man arrested
A 24 year-old man is charged with having a dog out of control in a public place
Read MoreClissold Park ‘Zoo’ closure plea renewed
Campaigners launch a new petition, claiming the park’s animal enclosures are a “bizarre, inhumane anachronism”
Read More2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games’ green credentials
The 2012 torch was supposed to be low carbon, but the scientists at EDF, the Games’ sponsors, simply ran out of time
Read MoreClapton Festival 2011
Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 June
Read MoreResidents oppose Hackney high-rise at London Fields
Locals say tower blocks are inappropriate for a designated conservation area of predominantly low-rise buildings
Read MoreHackney parents to vote on secular and faith schools merger
Parents of pupils at Springfield, St. Matthias and St. John the Baptist have until 13 June to respond to plans to federate the schools
Read MoreVictory in sight for Clapton ‘save our loos’ campaign
As hundreds sign a petition to save Chatsworth Road market toilets, the council says it will reconsider plans to demolish the public lavatories
Read MoreSeagull
9 June – 16 July 2011, Arcola
Read MoreVariants
8 June – 9 July 2011, White Cube, Hoxton
Read MoreBeer’s back: Stoke Newington spearheads drinking revolution
The Citizen hears why a tipple that was once only fit for your dad is now considered the height of cool
Read MorePro-choice campaigners fight moves to turn back clock on abortion rights
Diane Abbott among those opposing involvement of anti-abortion charity in possible amendment to law
Read MoreYoung Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side
Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good
Read MoreLeader: Healthy public debate is crucial for Hackney democracy
Cllr Linda Kelly’s defection raises issues about how councillors can best represent and communicate with their constituents
Read MoreHackney councillor Linda Kelly: ‘Why I left Labour for the Tories’
Leabridge ward councillor who defected claims she was ‘punished’ for speaking out
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