Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘Soon there’ll be nowhere left to go’ – Hackney residents reveal ‘bad landlord’ experiences
Constant rent increases and unfinished repairs are among Hackney residents’ complaints following a survey of the capital’s renters
Read MoreAction! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage
Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London
Read MoreAllotment tenants evicted from Olympic Park reap harvest in new plots
The Manor Gardens allotments were gifted to East Londoners ‘in perpetuity’ over a century ago but were swept away to clear space for London 2012
Read MoreHackney youth project founder among finalists for Pride of Britain Awards
Hackney woman turned life around and became a youth worker after falling in with wrong crowd in her teens
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott lands top job in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet
Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington promoted to shadow home secretary
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London’s cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council sprays around 1,200 litres of glyphosate in the borough each year
Weedkiller is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ according to World Health Organisation, but Town Hall says it has been declared safe by the EU
Read MoreEfes Snooker Club owner’s new project given green light after son loses court bid
Yasar Akin and his son have been beset with licensing issues in the past. Now Hackney Council has granted them permission to open new venue
Read MoreSagardi – restaurant review: ‘The waiters wear wireless headsets, like they are in the secret service’
Sagardi offers a taste of northern Spain via Shoreditch – but does it translate well?
Read MoreAtlas of Improbable Places – book review: ‘Informative and enthusiastic, scholarly and amusing’
Stoke Newington author Travis Elborough describes some of the strangest and most historically-obscure locations across the globe in his latest book
Read MoreGuerrilla Girl power! Feminist 'masked avengers' come to East London to take on art world
The political art collective has been fighting prejudice in the art world for 30 years, with a major new exhibition of their work now open at the Whitechapel Gallery
Read MoreOwner of Efes Snooker Club bids to build new Dalston restaurant and flats
Residents fear anti-social behaviour will rise if scheme gets green light from planners tonight
Read MoreSt Paul’s Way Foundation Primary School – the University Foundation School in the heart of East London
‘Outstanding’ school welcomes parents and children to their open days
Read More‘Mr Robot’ seeks to revolutionise art with autonomous paintings
A collection of paintings made by robots could have far-reaching implications – and not just for art
Read More'Mr Robot' seeks to revolutionise art with autonomous paintings
A collection of paintings made by robots could have far-reaching implications – and not just for art
Read MoreLetter – ‘Keep up the pressure on London City Airport’
HACAN East wants reversal of decision to concentrate all flight paths over East London
Read MoreLetter – ‘Halt demolition of Britannia Leisure Centre’
Three campaign groups write to Hackney’s mayor Philip Glanville amid fears tower block of 176 ‘unaffordable’ flats will be built
Read MoreHousing could be built behind Stoke Newington Town Hall to help cover maintenance costs
Millions have been spent to shore up grade II-listed Church Street building, which is a popular wedding venue
Read MoreFour legs good: charting the history of midcentury modern chairs
Chair expert Lucy Ryder Richardson explains her fascination with our four-legged friends and the appeal of the midcentury modern style
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