‘Outstanding’ City Academy praised by Ofsted
Students of The City Academy are gaining twice the national average grades, according to Ofsted inspectors
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week – colour clash, pattern mash and photo flash
East London designers leave a bold mark on London Fashion Week
Read MoreHackney gets yarn bombed – Mare Street trees get woolly makeover
The Hackney Citizen meets the mystery ‘Yarn Bombers’ who earlier this week dressed trees outside Hackney Town Hall in knitted woolly jumpers
Read MoreA Dangerous Method – review
David Cronenberg examines the pioneering work of psychoanalysts Jung and Freud but the exploration of sexual themes falls short, despite the addition of spanking scenes
Read MoreHackney needs more apprenticeships says MP Meg Hillier
As the borough’s jobless figures rise to one of the capital’s highest, local MP Meg Hillier and Hackney Community College join forces to promote apprenticeships for young people
Read MoreAn alternative Olympic tour takes in Hackney’s art, history and fashions
As the Olympics loom, Alexandra Topping takes a tour within sight and sound of the London 2012 site
Interactive: an alternative tour around the site
Read MoreMen’s fashion: Straight talk with Christopher Shannon
The menswear designer channels singer Sinead O’Connor in his new collection, on show during this London fashion week
Read MoreHackney Labour councillor Alan Laing to resign
Four Communications employee and former Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods to resign next month as councillor for Hackney Central ward
Read MoreHackney Council assistant chief executive paid direct to limited company
Town Hall comms chief paid since 2009 as a consultant, rather than as a council employee
Read MoreAdam Deacon: ‘I was too street and too scary for directors’
Adam Deacon talks about his Bafta for rising star and his desire to be a voice for modern youth
Read MoreArt Against Knives sets up at BoxPark Shoreditch
An anti-knife crime charity set up after the 2008 stabbing of an art student in Shoreditch moves in to the BoxPark pop-up mall
Read MoreDalston’s power players
Power Lunches, an arts café which doubles as a rehearsal studio, is boosting Dalston’s growing reputation as a hotspot for musical creativity and innovation
Read MoreHackney fashion: spring / summer 2012
The Hackney Citizen finds fashion keeping things sweet this season
Read MoreHackney rising star Adam Deacon: my Bafta award is a win for ‘the underdog’
This year’s Bafta rising star award, voted for by the public, went to Adam Deacon who wrote, directed and starred in the film Anuvahood
Read MoreThe Pitchfork Disney – review
Until 17 March, Arcola Theatre
Read MoreSocial Fabric: threads of colonialism laid bare
If an antidote were needed to MP Diane Abbott’s notoriously clumsy tweets on the legacy of colonialism, it can be found at a subtle new exhibition which uses the textile trade to unpick the history and impact of the colonial past
Read MoreHorrible Histories at the Hackney Empire: don’t spare the blood and gore
With a stage version of his Horrible Histories soon to open at the Hackney Empire, Terry Deary explains why blood curdling accounts of historical events and newspapers can be good for kids
Read MoreSense and Sensibility – review
A new stage production of Sense and Sensibility at the Rosemary Branch liberates its characters from distracting period trappings to reveal the wit and soul of the original novel
Read MoreHackney Council sets 20mph speed limit for residential roads
By April, all residential roads in the borough will have a 20 mph speed limit
Read MoreCampaigners petition Hackney Council to act over ‘criminalisation’ of borough’s young people
Residents have come together to oppose what they see as the excesses of the criminal justice system following last year’s riots
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