Posts by Hackney Citizen
Patrick Pinkerton wins Cazenove ward by-election for Labour
Pinkerton beats Tory candidate by just 136 votes
Read MoreHackney Wick exhibition to honour women’s rights icon Emmeline Pankhurst
Uprising at Nasty Gallery will also delve into gender inequality in the art world
Read MoreTitbits – Discrete, chutes and leaves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘If you think you can, you can’: Philanthropist Sir Jack Petchey OBE dies aged 98
Petchey’s charity has invested over £170m in youth projects across east London and Essex
Read MoreArtist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum reimagines a colonial outpost in first major solo UK exhibition
The Netherlands-based artist’s work will fill the Barbican’s Curve gallery from mid-September
Read More‘Intimate and poignant’: Upcoming photography exhibition celebrates lives of Bengalis in London’s East End
Bethnal Green’s Four Corners Gallery hosts a selection of photographs documenting the community over the past 50 years
Read More‘Absolute privilege’: East London health boss Lorraine Sunduza awarded OBE
Sunduza, chief executive of the East London NHS Foundation Trust, recognised for her work in mental and community health
Read MoreAlsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston
Kiko was pulled out of a 14-storey block of flats on Tyssen Street earlier this week
Read MoreLocal stars to headline fundraising gala for Stoke Newington community
Comedian Rob Deering and poet Tim Wells will perform at the Fabulous FUNdraiser next week
Read MoreWindrush grant winner Wayne Snooze to have his art displayed on billboards across Hackney
The artist’s Jamaica-inspired screen prints will be on show from next week
Read MoreGeneral election 2024: Hackney candidates revealed ahead of 4 July vote
Eight candidates will contest the Hackney North seat, and another seven will compete to serve Hackney South
Read MoreKeep it civil: Citizen calls for more courtesy in politics
Bash the idea, not the person
Read MoreGirl, 9, remains in critical condition following Dalston shooting – as detectives urge people to come forward
Officers appeal for information as they investigate shooting on Kingsland High Street last week
Read MoreParasouls: Young V&A exhibition sees lost umbrellas transformed into Japanese spirits
Colourful brollies-turned-yōkai now welcome visitors at the children’s museum
Read MoreTitbits – selective voices and multiple choices
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreDisgraced ex-Labour councillor has child contact ban lifted following appeal
Lawyers for Tom Dewey successfully argued that the restriction was ‘unnecessary and disproportionate’
Read More‘We are all one’: Dalston Curve Garden features in London-wide exhibition inspired by refugees
Artist Kate Daudy has teamed up with the UN Refugee Agency to plant felt flowers across the capital
Read MoreCouncil block built on former community garden in Clapton wins architecture prize
Chowdhury Walk impressed RIBA judges with its ‘elegant’ design and environmentally-conscious construction
Read MoreLabour councillor Sheila Suso-Runge named Speaker of Hackney
Mayor Woodley was among those to pay tribute – though her speech was eerily similar to Suso-Runge’s own 2022 campaign profile
Read MoreCouncillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party
Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning
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