Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – Penny Arcade’s crusade against conformity
The veteran performance artist brings her famously subversive show to the Arcola
Read MoreMurray Perahia – review
Classical pianist Murray Perahia plays at the Barbican Hall
Read MoreBee friendly says Hackney FOE
There are lots of ways you can get involved to help save the declining bee population, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Read MoreDio Lau – Confession in Water
Artist Dio Lau’s debut solo exhibition at the Book Club in Shoreditch explores the dark corners of the human psyche
Read MoreClerkenwell Design Week 2012 – review
Hackney designers offered a lot to see and do at this spectacular three-day event
Read MoreGet Carta – the art of mapping
Eight artists explore community, place, and nature at the Karin Janssen Project Space in Well Street
Read MoreFacing Power and Beauty
Jasper Joffe contrasts portraits of brutal dictators and images of Hollywood actresses at Rove Gallery in Hoxton
Read MoreA new lease of life for the Clapton Hart
Formerly notorious pub enjoys a makeover and now offers great ales in a convivial atmosphere
Read MoreTeachers and students march to protest Hackney Community College cuts
Jobs to go at Hackney Community College as government cuts funding
Read MoreBloomin’ marvellous – Peabody launches tallest sunflower competition
Housing association invites residents to enter its Peabody in Bloom gardening competition
Read MoreMaguire Seven man speaks out over miscarriage of justice case
Patrick Maguire speaks to the Hackney Citizen about what might lie ahead for Sam Hallam, recently freed after his murder conviction was quashed last month
Read MorePost-Games Olympic Park reopening will help create ‘sustainable neighbourhoods’
Legacy will help London ‘steer it out of recession and on to long term prosperity’ says Mayor Boris Johnson
Read MoreJewel East competition: win jewellery making workshop for two with Holts Academy
Enjoy the East London Jewellery Week Trail and win a workshop session with top jewellery school
Read MoreDiamond Jubilee: Celebrations in Hackney
People across Hackney celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Read MoreEastern treasures at Jewellery Week
All eyes are on Perspex, precious metals and gemstones at Jewel East and other East London jewellery events
Read MoreHackney pupils get arctic education
A group of explorers and scientists are organising workshops to teach the borough’s schoolchildren about Arctic environments
Read MoreClapton set for festival
Clapton Festival takes place 15 – 17 June 2012 and features bands, films, street dance, a classical concert, exhibitions, a market, children’s fun and talks
Read MoreHackney WickED festival 2012 cancelled
Hackney WickED organisers forced to plan alternative events after festival fails to secure council and police backing
Read MoreSam Hallam family snubs Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Hackney South MP turns up uninvited at the home of miscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam – and is turned away
Read MoreSomeone To Blame: Sam Hallam courtroom drama returns to the stage
An updated play based on documentary evidence from the Sam Hallam murder trial is now showing following the quashing of his conviction
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