Posts by Hackney Citizen
Burglars strike again at Black Cat Cafe – just weeks after last break in
Oli Dunk, a chef at the popular Clarence Road vegan eatery, said he arrived this morning to find windows shattered, adding: ‘I’m gutted’
Read More‘That’s the way to do it!’ Shoreditch gallery radically reworks seaside puppet show
Artists Jonathan Baldock and Emma Hart bring out the sinister edge of the popular children’s show that some claim makes light of domestic violence
Read MoreBritannia Leisure Centre given £300,000 refit – despite plans to knock it down
Pat Turnbull from the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign says facility will be sacrificed for homes to be sold at market rate
Read MoreCouncil weighs up temporary school plans for Haggerston ‘parkland’ as campaigners set out alternative vision
Planning committee set to decide tonight whether to grant permission to create temporary school premises on the disputed site
Read MoreCouncil apologises to Dalston resident Jacqueline Kent for delays in fixing mould hell
Clayeon McKenzie says sorry to Jacqueline Kent after the Hackney Citizen raised her case with the council
Read MoreWhy are there so few TfL cycle hire docking stations in Hackney?
Cycling campaigners say case for further rollout in borough is strong – but transport bosses are not currently focused on expansion of so-called Boris Bikes
Read MoreCopies of Fifty Shades of Grey to be ripped up for provocative theatre performance
Theatre-maker Hannah Silva has trawled charity shops to snap up all the copies of the erotic novel she can find
Read MoreSquid Kitchen at 119 Lower Clapton, restaurant review
Delicious tapas suitable for any cena con amigos can be found at this unassuming Clapton café
Read MoreWhere to watch the US election results in Hackney
Will ‘The Donald’ or ‘Crooked Hillary’ become the next US President? We round up places to go in Hackney for election excitement tonight
Read MorePortraits of black Victorian women projected onto side of Newington Green church
After Dark project pays tribute to pioneering women whose names and stories have been lost to history
Read MoreShoreditch exhibition to celebrate ‘explosion of creativity’ in Spain following death of Franco
La Movida Madrileña was the Spanish counter-cultural movement that gave rise to the filmmaker Pedro Almodovar
Read MorePassengers in ‘mass panic’ as firework thrown inside Hackney Overground train
Police appeal for information as witness describes traumatic incident at Hackney Central station
Read MoreShort film on view at Hackney Museum zooms in on the life of painter Paul Dash
A Hackney Wick artist who migrated here in 1957 is the focus of a poignant and fascinating short film about black identity
Read MoreFat White Family founding member’s debut play Removal Men lands in Hackney Wick
A love story set inside an immigration removal centre asks whether compassion is possible in a world of wire fences
Read MoreHackney’s mayor cuts the cake as Immediate Theatre celebrates 20th anniversary
Birthday bash held at the Arcola for pioneering charity that runs youth theatre workshops on estates and in areas of high deprivation
Read MorePizza Parley: a look at Hackney’s best slices from Stoke Newington to the Wick
Mina Miller grabs a piece of the pizza action in and around the borough
Read MoreBrighton’s Great Escape Festival showcases First Fifty acts across Hackney’s venues
Sick of the same old headline acts? A new music festival launching this month puts the big names of tomorrow at its core
Read MoreLabour’s Yvonne Maxwell wins seat on council in Hoxton West by-election
Candidate comes first in poll triggered by Philip Glanville stepping down to become Mayor of Hackney
Read MoreRough sleepers penalised via council loophole, group claims
CPNs stop antisocial activity as part of outreach work, Town Hall insists
Read MorePunk band Arrows of Love take aim at Hackney Wick planning authority with ‘prophetic’ fight song
Singer among the artists evicted from Vittoria Wharf, which is poised to be demolished to make way for a pedestrian bridge
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