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International Women’s Day 2023: Hackney Foodbank pays tribute to inspirational local women and calls on government to fix ‘unfair system’
Charity appeals for improved maternity pay, benefits, and childcare costs on day of recognition for women’s achievements
Read More‘It’s all down to the friendliness of the authors’: One-man Hackney publishing house built on a personal touch gets ready to celebrate five-year anniversary
Industry veteran Richard Charkin has found success with a light-footed approach to a notoriously competitive business
Read MoreHackney Museum to explore local history of Chinese and Indian nannies
Exhibition featuring stories of ayahs and amahs who looked after British children during colonial times opens today
Read MoreWhat exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office
Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?
Read MoreHow green is Hackney?
In the wake of the COP26 climate conference, Lizzie McAllister looks into how Hackney fares on major environmental issues
Read MoreGetting home safely in Hackney – what options are available?
With only one Tube station and recent problems with taxi apps, travelling at night has become ‘scarily hard’
Read MoreA group of Hackney residents are using a doughnut to reinvigorate their community
Artist Rose Gibbs tells the Citizen all about plans for a self-built community hall on Mountford Estate – and the snack-shaped diagram underpinning them
Read MoreFrom reservoirs left to nature to ghost platforms – take a walk through East London’s industrial past
April is a perfect time to seek out the rich history of the Lea Valley and its surrounds
Read More‘Ultimately, fewer people will vote’: How the cyber attack on Hackney Council could damage local democracy
Tiya Thomas-Alexander examines the impact of last year’s criminal hack on postal voting ahead of May’s elections
Read MoreLocal photographer Alan Denney to chart the history of the A10 road in virtual event hosted by the Hackney Society
Denney dips into his formidable archive tomorrow to map the changes in the borough over the past 40 years, and will later take part in a live Q&A
Read More‘Valuing the future’: Jermain Jackman on empowering the borough’s young people
The co-chair of Hackney’s Young Futures Commission on the largest consultation ever conducted with local youngsters, and why he is hopeful it will result in lasting change
Read MoreBlack History – The Past and The Present: Prominent local figures take part in ‘illuminating’ panel
Hundreds listen as Diane Abbott MP, Patrick Vernon OBE and others cover ‘vast terrain’ in celebration of Black History Month
Read MoreMeet the Hackney resident fighting for indigenous rights in her native Bolivia
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley speaks to Claudia Turbet-Delof, whose upbringing in Santa Cruz, marked by experiences of racism and gender-based violence, inspires her activism both here and at home
Read More‘We are an underdog’: Meet the man documenting the Covid experience of the Bangladeshi community
Hackney activist Ripon Ray’s new project is recording the stories of a people often ‘unheard by wider society’
Read More‘We are fearful of things we can’t see’: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley explores the rise in conspiracy theories during the pandemic
The writer speaks to local experts about how conspiracies take hold, examines ‘reckless’ media behaviour, and finds a troubling history of minorities being blamed for outbreaks
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘We need a curriculum that recognises British history has not just been produced on this island’
The local writer speaks to the team behind the new African Studies Centre, which hopes to train teachers and students in Africa’s history, free of the prism of European colonialism
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The maker movement has never been more important’
The writer speaks to Hackney residents who have been making face masks, and a researcher who thinks the pandemic has allowed makers to shake off the ‘hobbyist’ stereotype
Read MoreAll the fun of the furlough
Our resident food historian takes us through the intrepid legionary’s enforced break, during which he keeps himself busy with sidelines in saffron and fish sauce
Read MoreHackney youth charity on its new flower-giving project and the impact of Black Lives Matter
Voyage Youth’s Operation Smiles aims to ‘bring joy’ to those in need, while acting as a gateway for young Black people to become more involved in green activism
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter: What can you do?
Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate
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