Posts by Hackney Citizen
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Read MoreCandidates clash at Hackney South and Shoreditch hustings
General Election hopefuls face public grilling at packed-out church in De Beauvoir
Read MoreVisions Festival nearly doubles its 2017 line-up as new acts announced
Amber Arcades, Night Flowers and Wolf Eyes among those joining headliners like Liars, Sophie and Jenny Hval at the multi-venue festival in August
Read MoreHackney students triumph in prestigious business contest
Skinners’ Academy pupils win Prince’s Trust Enterprise Challenge after close-run competition with five other schools
Read MoreCitizensUK demands tougher action on rogue landlords in Town Hall protest
Campaigners want council to bring in licensing scheme in Hackney to help combat criminal behaviour
Read MoreGet checked: Prostate Cancer Roadshow for African and Caribbean men to arrive in Dalston on Monday
Charities Orchid and Cancer Black Care will be at Ridley Road Market from 9am – 4pm
Read MoreAlice Neel, Uptown @ Victoria Miro, exhibition review: charming, intelligent New York portraits
A new exhibition at the Islington gallery showcases the diversity of Neel’s astute and penetrative portraiture
Read MoreRent campaigners blockade letting agency to protest ‘daylight robbery’
Tenants’ group targets branch of Savills as it calls on government to ‘stick to its guns on fees ban’
Read MoreTop self-portrait prize won by Hackney artist Benjamin Ogbebor
The 41-year old ‘unknown’ thought beating the likes of Tracey Emin to the Ruth Borchard Prize and its £10,000 winnings was “a practical joke” at first
Read MoreTwo teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight
Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday
Read MorePop Up a whole new living in six Hackney weeks
A new support for brand new micro-businesses – Six Weeks to Pop Up starts 24th May in Hackney
Read MoreCouncil gets candidate’s name wrong in General Election announcement
‘Let’s hope the ballot papers are correct!’ says Lib Dem Dave Raval, who was wrongly listed as Dev on list of hopefuls for Hackney South
Read MoreLegendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road
Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Association to host Hackney South hustings on 22 May
General Election candidates to answer the public’s questions at St Peter’s Church
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for June
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Read MoreParent power on show as ‘huge threat’ of cuts looms over Hackney schools
‘This is not inevitable’, urged campaigners as banners warning of £26 million shortfall were pinned to playground fences across the borough
Read MoreMarc Ribot, Cafe Oto, live review: ‘the gentle sentiments of a man who worships music’
This Elvis Costello collaborator and Americana expert, said to be ‘one of the greatest living guitar players’, hunkered down in Dalston for a two day residency
Read MoreDangerous superbug on the rise at Homerton Hospital, new figures show
Local expert says increase is further evidence of an ‘alarming’ boom in antibiotic resistance across the globe
Read MoreBoy aged 12 caught carrying 8-inch blade in Hackney
Youngster was remanded in custody after being arrested following alleged robbery in Stoke Newington earlier this month
Read MoreClimate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
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