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‘Should be a right laugh’– Sleaford Mods among new acts confirmed for Field Day

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 January 2016 at 12:02

Other newly-confirmed acts include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, noise-rock quartet Girl Band and Gold Panda

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'Should be a right laugh' – Sleaford Mods among new acts confirmed for Field Day

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 January 2016 at 12:02

Other newly-confirmed acts include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, noise-rock quartet Girl Band and Gold Panda

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Hostel takeover as young are priced out by rising rents

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 January 2016 at 11:30

Inner city weekly rent has risen by £70 in the last five years

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Plane Stupid activists on trial over ‘disruptive’ Heathrow protests

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 January 2016 at 16:38

Two from Hackney among 13 accused of chaining themselves to a runway at Heathrow in protest against the airport’s expansion

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Future of Haggerston Baths should be decided in public, say campaigners

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 January 2016 at 14:36
Inside Haggerston Baths in 2015. Photograph: Simon Mooney

Pool campaign group calls for ‘public perusal’ and debate

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Hackney Council ‘only cares about money’ in turning Victorian school into flats, say critics

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 January 2016 at 14:19

Vision Homes deal ‘beggars belief’ and puts money above heritage

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Get the Picture: Harun Farocki – Parallel I-IV (2012-2014)

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 January 2016 at 10:00

As part of a regular series, Giuseppe Marasco takes a close look at a work of art on display in East London. This month it’s an installation by avant-garde artist Harun Farocki charting the evolution of computer game graphics

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Jewish orthodox school teaching ‘insularity’ closed after 40 years

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 17:48
Stamford Hill Street

Humanists find years of ‘failings’ were ignored by Ofsted

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Crossrail 2 plans to demolish Dalston homes blasted by Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 15:20
Crossrail 2 connaught tunnel

Cabinet member calls for ‘fundamental rethink’ on rail proposals

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Police say ‘take care after dark’ over three linked sexual assaults in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 13:28
police tape

Officers’ call for witnesses in hunt for man suspected of three assaults

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Making history at school: pupils search for clues into their families’ past

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 10:54
Queensbridge Primary School pupils with Shobu Kapoor and Colin McFarlane

Queensbridge and Grasmere ‘detectives’ trace back to First World War

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‘Unprecedented’ cuts to schools’ per-pupil funding loom

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 January 2016 at 15:00
Hackney NUT members on strike at BSix College today. Photograph: Lucy Capes

Hackney’s schools could lose £51 million a year, claims teachers’ union

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A pizza history in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 January 2016 at 14:01
A Sbagliata pizza from Sourdough Saloon at the Lord Morpeth Pub

Head back to Roman times to explore the roots of one of Hackney’s favourite fast foods

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Tom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: ‘It gave my art a meaning and a purpose’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 January 2016 at 10:00

The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save

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Tom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: 'It gave my art a meaning and a purpose'

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 January 2016 at 10:00

The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save

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‘Hackney boy’ Asif Kapadia nominated for Oscar for Amy Winehouse documentary

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 January 2016 at 12:19

‘Our aim was to show the real Amy – and in that way I think we succeeded,’ says director of Amy, which is up for Best Documentary Feature

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'Hackney boy' Asif Kapadia nominated for Oscar for Amy Winehouse documentary

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 January 2016 at 12:19

‘Our aim was to show the real Amy – and in that way I think we succeeded,’ says director of Amy, which is up for Best Documentary Feature

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Vocal Constructivists: the Stoke Newington choir with a graphic approach to music

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 January 2016 at 10:00

Experiemntal ensemble is out to prove there’s more than one way to read music

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Hackney Colliery Band releases ‘Heroes’ as East London mourns Bowie

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 January 2016 at 18:15

Ska version of Bowie classic and rousing rendition of ‘Starman’ by primary school pupils are among local tributes to the late great musician

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Hackney Colliery Band releases 'Heroes' as East London mourns Bowie

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 January 2016 at 18:15

Ska version of Bowie classic and rousing rendition of ‘Starman’ by primary school pupils are among local tributes to the late great musician

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