Posts by Hackney Citizen
Vinyl hurrah: new wax-slinging shops fire up the wheels of steel
As demand for the classic format gathers pace, a growing network of independent retailers emphasise the social aspect of shopping for music and the opportunities record shops present to discover something unexpected
Read MoreHackney set for ‘biggest ever’ Dalston Children’s Festival
Drag queen among the special guests for two days full of free activities
Read MoreDream Nails, interview: “we’re under no illusions that art is enough”
The Hackney punk band have a lot they want to do, and a bout of flu isn’t going to stop them. They talked to Kate Wilsea about their new song, how London’s music scene is changing, and their DIY attitude to pretty much everything
Read MoreStoke Newington farmers’ market celebrates 15 years
Growing Communities has been running London’s only fully organic food fair since 2003 – and is marking the occasion with a big party
Read MoreHackney woman to celebrate 90th with charity plane jump
Irene Lewington is hoping to raise £600 for St Joseph’s Hospice
Read MoreTitbits – Doorbells, ice pops and electable chin locks
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – ‘Real’ politics
Labour’s language of moral censure in the aftermath of the elections is worrying
Read MoreCampaign to save Clapton community garden pins hopes on 1980s mural
Residents calling on council to rethink its house-building plans are worried the artwork could be lost – despite a vow to retain it
Read MoreFree school’s move to former Hackney cop shop back on after long delay
Olive School’s bid to convert an old police station has been held up by council planners – and squatters
Read MoreGet outdoors in Daubeney Fields with Heritage Lottery Funded project
Whether you call it Clapton Park or Daubeney Green, charity EcoACTIVE Education have a jam-packed schedule of free activities for everyone to enjoy
Read MoreVolunteers providing canine company for older people launch crowdfunder
Pets Against Loneliness is off to a successful start – but needs funding to survive
Read More‘Antisemitism’ row erupts between campaigner and Lib Dem councillor
Cazenove residents’ complaints about ‘lawless’ high street spark war of words ahead of tomorrow’s local elections
Read MoreVIDEO: watch our Mayoral Hustings at the Arcola in full
With one day to go until polling, look back at Hackney’s Mayoral candidates discussing housing, SEND cuts, Britannia Leisure Centre, anti-semitism, homelessness, mental health and more
Read MoreAward-winning novelist to star at fundraiser for Hackney literacy charity
Author Nick Hornby to take part in a special Q&A for his Hoxton-based non-profit Ministry of Stories
Read MorePlant food: Hackney chef teams up with local gardener for Chelsea Fringe fest
Culinary pro Aidan Brooks and his friend Clair Battaglino to host an ‘open garden’ and celebratory dinner
Read MoreI Drilled A Hole in My Head to Stay High Forever: counterculture icon fails to bore at MOTH Club
Despite a more academic bent than the audience were prepared for, Joey Mellen’s delved into the possibilities of the brain with aplomb during his trepanning talk at MOTH Club last weekend
Read MoreArcola Theatre awarded £30k for ‘DIY history’ project in Hackney
Volunteers to record stories from marginalised communities
Read More‘Electrified market streets’ coming to Hackney as council unveils plans for 180 more charging points by 2019
Town Hall wants residents to have ‘easier access to low emission solutions’ as part of its drive for cleaner air
Read MoreHackney gardeners spring into action to bring nature’s tranquillity to the city
From a tropical backyard hideaway featured on tonight’s Gardeners’ World to community-run vegetable patches, Hackney residents are showing off their green fingers in the spring sunshine
Read MoreThe Chameleon, Sam Fisher, book review: pacy time-traveller shows off bookshop founder’s genre knowledge
Fittingly for the co-founder of Burley Fisher Books in Haggerston, his début novel is actually narrated by a book – albeit an 800-year-old one called John…
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