Posts by Hackney Citizen
Poetry: Time by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the slower rhythm of life under lockdown
Read MoreJennette Arnold encourages local families and teachers to use City Hall’s home-learning platform
Hackney’s London Assembly Member says tool can ‘alleviate strain’ as she urges Whitehall to expand provision of laptops and internet for disadvantaged kids
Read MorePoetry: Car Sick by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright finds herself at the mercy of a driver with a death wish as she tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest speech
Read MoreLocal brain injury charity launches emergency appeal to combat ‘significant losses’
Headway East London is hoping to raise £10k to maintain its vital support for vulnerable members during lockdown
Read MorePoetry: Far out at sea by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how ‘we must find new ways to navigate the world’
Read MoreCoronavirus: Hackney Giving awards £15k in grants to five frontline organisations
One beneficiary, Oladapo Awosokanre of Community African Network, said their £3k will “go a long way in helping people during the crisis”
Read MorePoetry: Kitchen Sill Radio by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how, in a crisis, even everyday comforts can take on a new meaning
Read MoreCoronavirus: Town Hall unveils £370k support package for third sector
Council calls on Whitehall to ‘recognise challenge facing charities’ and establish emergency funds to ensure their survival
Read MoreLetter: ‘Labour MPs must amend the Trade Bill to prevent further NHS privatisation’
Lifelong health campaigner Shirley Murgraff calls on opposition MPs to ensure ‘strong protection’ for the health service in trade deals
Read MoreCoronavirus: Local charity awards grants to young people helping their communities
Jack Petchey Foundation asks public to nominate youngsters ‘doing inspirational things’ for their neighbours
Read MoreFollow in the footsteps of Mary Wollstonecraft around Newington Green with locally made app
Enjoy a slice of Hackney history by taking a guided walk, virtually or physically, to the old haunts of the ‘foremother of feminism’
Read MorePoetry: London by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a sleeping city
Read MoreVIDEO: How to sprout beans at home
Debbie Mitchener of Cordwainers Grow shows you how to grow your own beansprouts in lockdown
Read More‘Holiday hunger’: Education chief hits out at government over free school meals delay
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble pays tribute to teachers after last-minute announcement left them scrambling to help families over Easter
Read MorePoetry: The small things by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on appreciating life’s little touches
Read MoreRose Vouchers for people on low incomes now accepted by all Ridley Road traders
More than 3,000 redeemed in the space of 10 days
Read MoreCharity delivering hot meals to vulnerable Woodberry Down residents appeals for help
Manor House Development Trust needs donations to expand the reach of its free service to 500 people
Read MorePoetry: The Saved by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the lockdown’s environmental silver lining, and the need to ‘carry the good change through’
Read MoreStamford Hill rabbi and former councillor Avrohom Pinter dies of coronavirus
Leading figures pay tribute to a ‘giant of community politics’
Read MoreComic: Lockdown Diary (part 1) by Francisco de la Mora
The local illustrator recreates Samuel Pepys’ famous diary in the age of Covid-19
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