London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 16: End Game
Hackney watched the closing ceremony this evening as the Olympic Games drew to a finish
Read MoreThe Fades: Ragnarok – review
The Fades’ Ragnarok is a fun, apocalyptic take on punk rock
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 15: Reality Check – Housing Legacy
Will our Olympic investment help to meet Hackney’s housing needs?
Read MoreBjörk song gets Hackney treatment
SPIRITWO and singer Yael Claire bring an eastern tradition to Björk’s Oceania, inspired by the Olympic Games
Read MoreSweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Read MoreHackney galleries’ Olympic art attack
Away from the official Cultural Olympiad, East London artists are expressing more ambivalent viewpoints on the impact of the Games
Read MoreThe World in London
An open-air photography exhibition of people from the Olympic nations celebrates our multicultural capital. The Hackney Citizen visits the Victoria Park show
Read MoreHackney Hurricanes kick up a storm
Disability athletics club is getting more youngsters involved in sport
Read MoreTrailblazers – Queens of TV Comedy at Hackney Empire
A celebration of female comedy stars of UK television who managed to earn their own shows
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 14
Though trade is generally reported to have been slow these past two weeks, local businesses in Hackney have found creative and quirky ways to celebrate the Games
Read MoreThe Limelight – laughter in the dark
The Limelight finds black humour in the life of a frustrated comedian
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 13
With the end of the Games approaching, attention turns to the much-hyped ‘Olympic legacy’
Read MoreGrimeborn 2012 – an alternative festival of opera
This year, the Arcola’s unconventional musical theatre and opera festival will be held in the Tent
Read MoreFair grounds for a musical – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
The Hackney Citizen discovers a Rodgers and Hammerstein show at the Barbican
Read MoreHackney betting shops back in spotlight
Hackney Council asks for residents’ comments on new draft paper on gambling
Read MoreHackney Film Festival 2012 dates announced
The annual showcase of local film-making returns this September, bigger and better than ever
Read MoreLondon 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 12
Random thoughts on from Hackney on the twelfth day of Olympic competition
Read MoreOlympic truce inspires Bsix College students
Olympics big screens will show young artists’ pieces on the theme of truce
Read MoreHackney top for culture vultures
National survey ranks Hackney as one of the most cultured places in the country
Read MoreHackney’s digital divide is worst in capital as council plans online-only services
Town Hall plans to move face-to-face and telephone services online are being frustrated by lack of money, ‘stubborn’ older people and the Olympics
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