‘The whole community was a client!’: Hackney architects up for prestigious Stirling Prize for Jewish cemetery expansion
Waugh Thistleton co-founder talks to the Citizen about the nomination, how the project has given him a new outlook on burials, and what it’s like to live in a timber home
Read MoreWhen we hear the words, ‘black man’, what comes to mind?
Ethnicity monitoring records something different: It does not relate to visible appearance but to people’s self image in relation to their own cultural origins (Met Police)
Read MoreRow over nightlife licensing brings Cinderella demonstrators to Town Hall
Some opposing the new regulations attended the demonstration dressed as characters famously anti-going home by midnight.
Read More‘Trapped in our homes’ – London Fields residents’ fears over barbecue air pollution
I’m tired of feeling like my home is a prison. I’d really like to be able to have a window or two open during the day
Read MoreBarbecues suspended at London Fields following heatwave fire warning
Town Hall reacts to advice from London Fire Brigade, which has reported a record-breaking number of grass fires
Read MoreGround force: ‘Under threat’ community gardens to launch joint manifesto
Cordwainers Grow, Dalston Curve and Daubeney Fields Forever want to protect ‘much needed’ green spaces from development
Read MoreLola Flash: ‘beauty for me is an idea of being proud and strong’
Herein lies the purpose of my work, to enable marginalized folk a way of seeing the glory of themselves
Read MoreFrontline care workers to be trained to help tackle health and wellbeing concerns
NHS staff, council workers and volunteers will be asked to opportunistically engage people in conversations about their health
Read MoreEight new GP-centred ‘Neighbourhoods’ to provide health and social care
‘This is a long-term way of engaging with communities differently,’ says care commissioning group director
Read More‘Conversation around art is dominated by established names’: Hackney gallery to host first exhibition by young collective
Concrete Assembly’s multidisciplinary show at Guest Projects is ‘built on a desire for collaboration’
Read MoreMayor praises ‘vital’ Citizen on ten-year anniversary
Philip Glanville: ‘I hope it will go from strength to strength and look forward to the next ten years’
Read MoreOffice rental space available immediately at St Joseph’s Hospice, central Mare Street
1,500 square foot of space to accommodate up to 10 people in newly refurbished wing
Read MoreCurtain Theatre: ‘this playhouse has exploded everything we thought we knew about playhouses’
Archaeological uncovering has had major impact on understanding the social role of Elizabethan theatre
Read MoreCouncil struggles to identify Universal Credit claimants ahead of roll-out
Mayor Philip Glanville last year denounced pilots of the new welfare scheme as ‘disastrous’
Read MoreJewish school in Hackney singled out for praise by Ofsted boss
Chief inspector Amanda Spielman highlights Simon Marks primary in speech about teaching British values
Read More‘Toughest restrictions on nightlife in Britain’: Council approves controversial licensing policy in face of overwhelming opposition
Town Hall defends decision amid outrage from campaigners and a Twitter backlash
Read MoreHackney gets ready to celebrate National Park City Week
Borough’s green spaces to host picnics, planting, walks and exhibitions – starting from tomorrow
Read MoreGasps as Conservative councillor accuses Deputy Mayor of lying in row over fate of 73 bus route
Feryal Demirci’s claim that the opposition failed to lobby against the curtailment of the route was robustly challenged by Cllr Harvey Odze
Read MoreRoad closures: Fresh calls for a rethink after council admits getting traffic figures wrong
Unfinished analysis puts new estimate on par with campaigners’ – but sides disagree over how much the data could still change
Read MoreAfrica Utopia festival kicks off at Southbank Centre
There are lots of free things to see and do throughout
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