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Quick draw: Turner winner Jeremy Deller hands out ‘golden paintbrush’ prize in art competition

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 13:25
“More like a club night”: Art Battle III in action. Photograph: Carlotta Goulden

Raucous Shoreditch live art competition Art Battle III combined competitive drawing with music and cabaret for a unique night out

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Hundreds of pounds worth of equipment stolen from Hackney Family Cycling community project

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 11:20
Pinched: some of Hackney Family Cycling's missing equipment

The London Fields group have set up a GoFundMe page to replace bikes, a twin child trailer and four rear children’s seats

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Local community football team Hackney Wick FC to turn semi-pro

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 17:00
Wick-ed game: Hackney Wick Fc's first XI. Photograph: Bobby Kasanga

The side are set to merge with Newham-based London Bari FC, but a lack of quality football grounds mean they won’t be playing in Hackney

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Art beyond borders: Affordable Art Fair returns in celebration of the art world’s internationalism

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 15:51
Detail from Indian Woman #CosmicChange by Natasha Kumar. Image: Affordable Art Fair

The fair will bring together more international galleries than ever before to celebrate the relationship between art and travel

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Alexandra Savior @ Oslo, Hackney Central, live music review: “vulnerability and strength”

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 15:08
Alexandra Saviour "theatrically cowering down behind the mic. Photograph: Casey Cooper-Fiske

The hotly tipped American steps out of the Shadow of Alex Turner’s side-project with a brief but mesmerising show

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Hackney student and CAFOD volunteer to meet Pope Francis at environmental conference

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 12:59
Pope-ular: Sandra Iheanacho will meet up with the Holy Father and other volunteers in Portugal. Photograph: CAFOD

The three day event in Fátima, Portugal will feature workshops and other events based on sustainability, inspired by the Pope’s words on climate change

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Government must publish air pollution plan after fight by Hackney lawyers ClientEarth

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 11:37
ClientEarth supporters and the Green Party's Caroline Russell outside court last year. Photograph: ClientEarth

Ministers wanted to delay publication but High Court rules against them

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Groove is in the harp: Hackney-based string plucker to play Well Street venue next month

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 17:21
Harping on: Fraya Thomsen and her Celtic harp

Fraya Thomsen, harpist and composer of Gaelic music, will take the stage at the NuDawn event space on 4 May

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General Election 2017: Green Party announces Hackney candidates

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 17:01
Alistair Binnie-Lubbock with Caroline Lucas

Alastair Binnie-Lubbock to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Rebecca Johnson in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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‘Government’s free schools policy unsustainable’, warns Hackney MP

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 14:19
Meg Hillier

Report by cross-party committee of MPs led by Meg Hillier slams Department for Education’s ‘incoherent’ use of funding

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Bring on the artichokes! Gillian Riley on Caravaggio, veg and violence

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 12:40
Detail from Giovanna Garzoni's Artichokes in a Chinese dish with rose and strawberries (c. 1650)

In her latest column, our resident food and art historian imagines the painter and GBH enthusiast storming through Hackney

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General Election 2017: Liberal Democrats reveal Hackney candidates

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 11:12
Joe Richards

Joe Richards is to stand in Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Dave Raval in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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The former homeless man hoping to stand for Parliament

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 April 2017 at 17:51
Hugo Sugg

Hugo Sugg, who spent three months sofa-surfing after a rough break-up, wants to run as an independent in Hackney in June’s general election

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Finsbury Park residents up in arms over plans to destroy Victorian houses

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 April 2017 at 12:58
Wilberforce Road residents

Developer Rainbow Properties wants to tear down row of period homes to make way for flats

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New phone app to gift locals a “poetic satnav” of Hackney and its history

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 April 2017 at 10:32
"Magical": the splash screen of a hackney autobiography's website, with illustrations by Joanna Layla

a hackney autobiography, created by social enterprise On The Record, uses the oral history, music and GPS technology to create spellbinding ‘audio tours’

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Free concert organised by Speaker to raise money for the borough’s homeless and migrants

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 17:11
Fight fire with choir: refugee group Woven Gold. Photograph: Hackney Council

Choirs, rock musicians and a Turkish saz ensemble among those coming together for ‘Hackney in Harmony’ at St John of Jerusalem Church on 6 May

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‘Darkness to descend’ on Eastern Curve Garden as nine-storey tower threat looms

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 15:51
Young couple in Eastern Curve Garden

Community blog raises concerns over redevelopment plans for neighbouring Thames House

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Mayor urges residents to get involved in Hackney housing strategy

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 12:08

Town Hall consulting on plans to tackle rogue landlords and build more homes, but local renters’ group says proposals could be ‘braver’

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High heels row: Government rejects Hackney campaigner’s demand for law change

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 April 2017 at 15:44
Nicola Thorp

Local actor sent home from work for refusing to switch shoes calls Whitehall’s response to dress code inquiry a ‘cop-out’

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Mangle acid attack: Arthur Collins arrested and charged

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 24 April 2017 at 10:41
Arthur Collins

Collins, 24, and Andre Phoenix, 21, to appear in court today in connection with incident in Hackney which has left two people blind in one eye

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