School Wars by Melissa Benn – review
Renowned journalist Melissa Benn evaluates Britain’s schooling structure
Read MoreInterview: author Melissa Benn on her new book, School Wars
With academies in the ascendant, what hope is there now for inclusive education?
Read MoreTop Boy – review
Channel 4 Hackney-based drama Top Boy rises to the occasion
Read MoreEastEnd Cabaret: The Revolution Will Be Sexual
The Hackney Citizen meets the EastEnd Cabaret characters seeking to lure more adventurous theatregoers into the Arcola Tent
Read MoreArchaeology of Urban Time: Drawing Dalston
The Hackney Citizen meets Alexandra Blum, an artist with an engrossing perspective of Dalston’s redevelopment
Read MoreHubbub and My Salivation: delivering the goods
The Hackney Citizen meets the businesses bringing local food supplies to your door
Read MoreEyes on the wool
The Hackney Citizen finds a strong selection of knitwear flair in boutiques across the borough
Read MorePhotomonth East London puts Hackney in the picture
A look at the eclectic photo exhibitions in Hackney and other parts of the East End
Read MoreLiterary November
Upcoming events at Hackney’s independent bookshops
Read MoreLetter: Deputy Mayor disputes cost saving of dumping green energy
Councillor Sophie Linden says Hackney Citizen is ‘misleading’ over the cash Hackney Council saved when it quietly dumped its ‘green’ electricity tariff
Read MoreLeader: Hackney makeovers and council make-believe
Real life events will always hamper Hackney Council’s efforts to manage the presentation of the borough
Read MoreConcern over Hackney jobs as London 2012 media centre bidding opens
The future of the Olympic press and broadcast centre hangs in the balance amid concerns over jobs for local people
Read MoreHackney braced for strike as unions show their teeth
Public-sector pensions row looks set to cause nationwide industrial action, affecting thousands of Hackney workers
Read MoreTop Boy is the real deal
I thought this TV series set in Hackney – where I grew up – might be another cliched urban drama. It rose far above that
Read MoreTop Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth
A panel of locals enjoys a preview of the Channel 4 drama’s first episode, but finds plenty of flaws in Ronan Bennett’s supposedly realistic portrayal of life in the borough
Read MoreNetil360 winter rooftop bar opens
Fur coats and the smell of mulled cider are luring visitors to a new rooftop bar in London Fields
Read MoreRiots sentencing: Hackney residents speak out
Controversy continues over the severity of sentencing of those involved in the riots Hackney and elsewhere
Read MoreHackney Picturehouse cinema opens to the public
The Hackney Picturehouse opens its doors with a flurry of films, features, festivals and food and drink
Read MoreHackney crystal thief escapes jail sentence
A 71 year-old Hackney woman with 63 previous convictions is found guilty of stealing £4,000 worth of ornamental crystals
Read MoreThe People’s Supermarket ‘optimistic’ as Homerton consultation ends
The proposed People’s Supermarket store in Homerton presents the findings of its public consultation – but it still has a long way to go
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