Hackney-born musician Solomon O.B triumphs at National Poetry Slam
Winning poem recounted 24-year-old’s experience growing up in foster care
Read MorePolice warning over ‘violent and dangerous’ escaped mental health patient
Safdar Shah absconded from the John Howard Centre
Read MoreCock Tavern’s ‘pickle boy’ Molloy wins egg award
Mare street pub sells 1,000 pickled eggs to egg-static customers
Read MoreZero carbon homes target remains in place – for now
London Mayor indicates carbon neutral commitment despite Whitehall opposition
Read MoreA celebration of the body: the work of performance artist Poppy Jackson
Poppy Jackson, who caused a stir last November with a performance that saw her sit naked on the roof of Toynbee Hall, talks about the wider significance of artwork and the female body in public spaces
Read MoreArtist Stik supports junior doctors’ strike at Homerton Hospital
‘The NHS is very vulnerable – we need to look after it, because it looks after us.’
Read MoreStreet Orchestra London to launch in Dalston
‘Pop-up’ orchestra will perform in parks, prisons and other public locations
Read MoreHousing: Why Hackney Council needs to get ‘passiv aggressive’
Passivhaus housing can reduce energy bills to almost zero, meaning a substantial CO2 saving – so why isn’t the council commissioning it?
Read More‘Frontline fire services at stake’ as Shoreditch engine faces axe
Residents urged to have their say as fire engines face axe over budget cuts
Read More2015 – a look back at the year that was
The Hackney Citizen revisits the biggest stories in what proved to be a rollercoaster year
Read MoreTitbits – Diane Abbott live on Newsnight, and the death of the Dalstonist
Hackney MP says Labour should turn its fire on Tories – and then attacks members of her own party
Read MoreWomen: New Portraits exhibition by Annie Leibovitz opens this week in East London
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station to host exhibition comprising old and newly-commissioned work by the celebrated photographer
Read MoreLeader – Ridley Road Market is the soul of Hackney
It’s chaotic, noisy, sometimes smelly – but it would be a tragedy to see it die
Read MoreIs this the end of Ridley Road Market as we know it?
Fee hikes, Crossrail 2 and a changing community are making it difficult for traders to continue
Read MoreShaping up in Hackney: one man’s quest for physical perfection
Mansoor Iqbal tries out different ways of getting fit as part of an ‘exercise odyssey’
Read MoreShaping up in Hackney: one man's quest for physical perfection
Mansoor Iqbal tries out different ways of getting fit as part of an ‘exercise odyssey’
Read MoreNew football stadium would be game-changer says Sporting Hackney FC
Club urges council to get ball rolling to help find new grounds
Read MoreDalstonist magazine bids farewell
Lifestyle publication folds, with its editor claiming it could no longer ‘keep up with the pace of change’ in Hackney
Read MoreHackney student argues his way to world debating championships
Ife Grillo proves you don’t have to go at Eton to make national debate team
Read MorePlaywright Rebecca Lenkiewicz: 'I think the fear of the outsider is still present'
The Oscar-winning co-writer of Ida returns to the Arcola with Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, a play about one of the last witch trials in England
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