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Campaigners fight to save historic Swan Wharf stable block

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 20:34
Photograph: Google Street View

‘Emblematic’ building should be retained, says heritage group

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Virtually Dead ‘zombie apocalypse’ lurches into Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 17:44
Zombie

Virtual reality offers ‘authentic experience of fighting zombies in the streets’

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Firewalkers hotfoot it to fundraise for local hospice

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 16:40

Motivational coach on hand to banish any last minute cold feet

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London Fields Brewery put up for sale

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 15:22
London Fields Brewery. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Offers invited for craft beer brand and microbrewery

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London Fields Brewery owner charged with £1 million tax fraud

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 12:13
Jules Whiteway at London Fields Brewery

Brewery boss to appear before magistrates in May following HMRC investigation

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Vinyl fantasy – The Record Deck casts anchor on the banks of the Lea

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2016 at 10:24

A floating record shop is making waves amongst music lovers and providing an alternative lifestyle for its owner

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Hackney teachers strike over ‘attack’ on sixth-form colleges

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 March 2016 at 13:21
BSix teachers on the picket line. Photograph: Hackney NUT

Lessons cancelled at BSix College in Clapton as teachers take action against government cuts to further education funding

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Teenager stabbed near Homerton station

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 March 2016 at 13:20

Police enquiries are ongoing after 19-year-old was stabbed on Barnabas Road

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Sheer Height redress the gender balance with new Arcola show

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 March 2016 at 10:16

Fed up with the state of theatre for women, two friends founded their own company placing female characters centre stage

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Labour councillors resign triggering May by-elections

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 March 2016 at 13:28
Former Hackney Downs councillor Rick Muir

Councillors for Stoke Newington Central and Hackney Downs have announced resignations

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Grayson Perry on how to be an artist

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 March 2016 at 10:19

The artist made an appearance at the University of East London last month to give advice to students about cracking the art world

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Hackney WickED art prize won by 'erosion painter'

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 17:03

Mick Dean praised for ‘revealing the essence of otherwise typical local streets and waterway landscapes’ in his art

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Snooker legend Steve Davis lines up DJ set at Café Oto

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 15:42

Record-breaking 1980s snooker player to perform on the decks at Dalston venue

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The Sissy’s Progress at Toynbee Studios: drama tackles prejudice head on

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 10:15

Performer Nando Messias returned to the site where he was attacked 10 years previously with a defiant new show about the experience

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Part of 277 bus route faces axe amid scheme to revamp Highbury Corner

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 March 2016 at 18:19
The 277 bus travels down Mare Street.

Plans to shorten the service described as ‘disappointing’ by travel watchdog

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Dalston shopkeepers ‘in limbo’ as Crossrail 2 route gets green light

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 March 2016 at 17:01
Bradbury Street Crossrail 2

Independent business owners fear Transport for London will plough ahead with plans to demolish half of Bradbury Street

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Park bench politics: Made Visible at the Yard Theatre

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 March 2016 at 10:10

An encounter with two women in Victoria Park inspired Deborah Pearson’s play about race and identity

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‘Designer fashion hub’ to open in Hackney Walk

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 March 2016 at 16:46
Mayor Jules Pipe at Hackney Walk

Development under railway arches will house leading brands Nike and Joseph and provide 450 local retail jobs

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Ofsted apologises to Stamford Hill Jewish school for ‘erroneously published’ report

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 March 2016 at 15:42
Stamford Hill Street

Beis Malka Girls’ school was not given a chance to respond to the education watchdog’s findings

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Mario Cravo Neto: A Serene Expectation of Light – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 March 2016 at 10:17

Striking portraits and shots of urban life by photographer Mario Cravo Neto on display at Rivington Place give insight into Brazil’s cultural make-up

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