Posts by Hackney Citizen
Night Overground from Dalston Junction will launch ten days before Christmas, says Sadiq Khan
Rich Mix and Arcola welcome news of 24-hour train service
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film Fest: pushing boundaries and celebrating queer history
We check out a screening of The Misandrists at the film festival, which is on across East London until Sunday
Read MoreBritain’s first ever HIV testing pop-up opens in Hackney
Prince Harry attends launch on Morning Lane to hand out testing kits
Read More‘Living in fear’: Resident slams council after ‘three burglaries in five weeks’ at block with broken door
Town Hall ‘monitoring the situation’ after fixing ‘deliberately damaged’ door four times since September
Read MoreHackney Winter Night Shelter teams up with local graffiti artists to raise money
Sales of a specially created #RoofTop clothing range will boost long-running homelessness charity’s coffers
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for December
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Read MoreFrom Russia to Watford: OperaUpClose to perform restaged, rewritten Tchaikovsky libretto in Arcola show
We speak to the Olivier Award-winning lyricist Robin Norton-Hale about the company’s unique take on Eugene Onegin
Read MoreFire notice highlights past failures at Homerton Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit
Hospital says ‘majority’ of issues were addressed last year
Read MoreHomerton Hospital wins Eden Project award for measuring carbon footprint
NHS Trust has pledged to cut carbon emissions by five per cent
Read MoreGeffrye Museum announces last events before two-year closure
Next January’s traditional Epiphany celebration is the highlight of the Kingsland Road institution’s ‘last big shindig’ until early 2020
Read MoreResidents fume as London Fields ward forum abandoned due to overcrowding
Second cancellation in two years at same venue leaves deputy mayor ‘frustrated’
Read MoreDivest Hackney ‘alarmed’ as data suggests rise in fossil fuel investments
Town Hall questions accuracy of figures following January pledge to cut pension fund’s exposure
Read MoreBasqu-ing in glory: ex-BSix student wins prize for graffiti-influenced film
Djofry Makumbu claimed this year’s Alumno/SPACE Studios Bursary Award for his colourful piece of Basquiat-riffing stop-motion animation, Dreams
Read MoreMangle E8 acid attack: Arthur Collins found guilty of ‘barbaric’ act
He threw acid over a group of clubbers in London Fields last Easter
Read MoreMayor praises council’s ‘transparency’ post-Grenfell – despite blocking release of old fire safety checks
Glanville speech lauds council’s response, but admits new FRAs are ‘not perfect’
Read MoreMayor gives out 1,000 ‘I love Hackney’ badges as part of EU nationals drive
Glanville promotes #HackneyLovesYou campaign ahead of re-election bid
Read MoreHolborn Studios granted reprieve as High Court rules Hackney Council decision ‘unlawful’
Hoxton venue hails ‘turning point’ in three-year battle against demolition plans
Read MoreGovernment rejects Hackney Council’s defence of ‘fortnightly’ freesheet
Senior civil servant explains DCLG notice ordering Town Hall to cut back Hackney Today
Read MoreSt John the Baptist school awarded top marks by education watchdog
Hoxton school is eighteenth in borough to win ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted
Read MoreOnce in a Lifetime opportunity: Talking Heads tribute band to run through two classic albums at MOTH Club
We chat to Speaking In Tongues, who will play Talking Heads: 77 and Remain in Light in full later this month
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