Posts by Hackney Citizen
Titbits – Ruffled feathers and information measures
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Too houseproud
Blaming the housing crisis entirely on the government doesn’t wash when the council has more to do closer to home
Read More‘One in ten adults in Hackney struggle to read’: Meet the charity trying to change the story
Read Easy UK chose the borough as the place to begin its expansion into London last year – team leader Serena Naismith explains why
Read MoreGCSE Results Day: Students across Hackney collect their grades
We bring you the latest from the borough’s schools as they throw open their doors for the day
Read MoreFood charity puts out call for volunteers in Hackney after £20k funding boost
The Felix Project, which distributes grub to good causes across London, will train up 25 out-of-work youngsters
Read MoreArtist creates immersive schizophrenic experience for new exhibition in Hackney
James Paddock’s PYLON at A-Side B-Side Gallery uses mixed media to take the audience on a journey through an imaginary psychotic episode
Read MoreDancing babies and woolly trees: Next month’s Hackney Carnival set to be ‘biggest and best yet’
Yarn-bombing and baby disco added to 8 September line-up, alongside the iconic parade through the new Hackney Central location
Read MoreA-level Results Day: Hackney students get their grades
Jitters and joy aplenty as we bring you news from schools across the borough
Read MoreAnother round? London Fields Brewery returns to its original home after five-year absence
Team reveals it is once again making beer in the arches where it all began back in 2011
Read MoreDaubeney Fields playground transformation an ‘instant hit’ with families
Council and local community turn ‘bleak’ 1970s rec ground into a natural play space with an outdoor classroom
Read More‘True celebration’: Latin music festival draws 30,000 people to Finsbury Park
Singers and dancers from across the UK wowed the crowd at La Clave Fest earlier this month
Read MoreCharity appeals for volunteers to help blind people in Hackney use specially adapted radios
British Wireless for the Blind Fund’s devices allow people to enjoy podcasts, books, talking newspapers and more
Read MoreDiane Abbott signs up for local bookshop’s Women of Westminster event
The Hackney MP will join Labour colleague Rachel Reeves and historian Diane Atkinson to discuss the successes of female parliamentarians over the past century
Read More‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House
Cherelle Sappleton’s exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough’s past
Read MoreCouncil forced to cut back Hackney Today after court rejects its appeal
Hackney Mayor ‘extremely disappointed’ as Town Hall considers how to replace its controversial freesheet
Read MoreCouncil to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
Read More2019: A Space odyssey
Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years
Read MoreLeader – What will it take?
The death of any homeless person is a stain on those with real power to do something – not just the ones that happen so publicly
Read MoreTitbits – Tory blues, Mayor stews and hold the front page, we’ve got breaking… information
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreMore than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
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