Posts by Hackney Citizen
Chesham Arms: 150-year-old Hackney pub retains special heritage status
The Homerton watering hole’s protection as a ‘community asset’ was set to lapse this year
Read MoreTree-planting success for Stamford Hill Estate community group
Friends of Stamford Hill beds in 21 saplings after winning funding for the project last year – and they are already attracting wildlife
Read MoreFloat on: ‘swim-lit’ authors to unite at Pages of Hackney and discuss mental health benefits of a chilly dip
Joe Minihane and Jessica J. Lee have both written about the anti-anxiety effects they felt when exploring the world of outdoor, wild swimming, and will chat about it at an event at the Clapton bookshop on 12 April
Read MorePolluting vehicles to be outlawed on nine Shoreditch streets
Hackney Council to introduce peak-time ban in July to create UK’s first ultra low emission roads
Read MoreHackney Council approves fresh powers to tackle rogue landlords
Rented homes must meet ‘acceptable conditions’ under new licensing measures
Read MoreHackney Council to ban disposable barbecues in London Fields
‘Irresponsible individuals’ who scorch grass and litter force Town hall to act
Read MoreMild High Club @ MOTH Club, live music review: chilled-out LA psych ‘like pink fluffy candyfloss’
Having collaborated many a time, on tour and on record, with scene giants King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Mild High Club’s three-set Hackney residency left our reviewer relaxed – too relaxed?
Read MoreBrain injury charity to celebrate 20-year anniversary with fundraising bash
Headway East London is hoping to raise £20k in 20 days to mark the double-decade milestone
Read MoreHomerton International Festival of Beer & Bar Snacks coming to The Adam & Eve
Smoking Goat will be on the BBQ, Nadine Shah and Anna Prior of Metronomy on the decks and, of course, there’ll be snacks galore over this Easter weekend at the Homerton pub
Read MoreHackney Deputy Mayor to scrap SEND funding changes – but five per cent cuts will go ahead
Cabinet will tonight formally drop the changes and set up a parents working group
Read MoreRiver Lea oil spill: Eleven groups demand answers over ‘substandard’ clean-up
Volunteers criticise the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust for their response to the disaster
Read MoreCouncillor calls for CCTV cameras on Cazenove estate to stop drivers blocking emergency access
Town Hall says parking officers have visited Broad Common Estate 255 times in the past six months
Read MoreHackney agrees £4 million deal to combine ‘stop smoking’ services
Health chief McShane says the deal will make service accountable
Read MoreHackney Council approves further cuts to fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney campaign welcomes move but calls for ‘truly fossil free pension fund’
Read MoreHackney Mayor unveils new charity-focused Shoreditch Art Wall
Consortium behind £750 million development to preserve iconic street art space
Read MoreHamlet, Hackney Empire, review: RSC’s African restaging brings the energy of youth to the tragedy
The Royal Shakespeare Company come to Hackney with a West African-influenced production that features their first use of a black actor in the title role
Read MoreCampaign for Mary Wollstonecraft public memorial on Newington Green gains momentum
Mary on the Green campaign shortlists two designs for ‘foremother of feminism’ statue, and launches petition calling for London Mayor’s support
Read MoreCouncil to spend £945k on new tech staff for ‘Hackney’s digital journey’
Town Hall says the 17 jobs will save money and improve services
Read MoreFace on your Egg: Clown’s Gallery in Dalston shells out for collection of precious new arrivals
Mattie Faint, curator of the monthly free museum and in-house clown for Great Ormond Street, tells us why these historic painted eggs are so important in clowning – and how they ended up in Hackney
Read MoreJewish school defends censoring textbooks to cover up women and hide mentions of homosexuality
Stamford Hill secondary school says policy ‘protects girls from sexualisation’
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