Rosie Hogarth – review
This novel by former Hackney Downs School student, Alexander Baron, was first published in 1951
Read MoreCitizen questions Hackney Council over £millions agency staff bill
Town Hall figures show large sums have been spent on outsourced personnel over the last four months
Read MoreBaby Bathhouse cabaret club to open in Stoke Newington
Vacant Church Street premises survives a fire to host celebrated retro events – including burlesque
Read MoreThe Hook Up – Reggae Special
7pm – 2am Friday 28 January 2011, The Stokey Records Bar
Read MoreHackney students take fight against EMA cuts to Town Hall
BSix and Hackney Community College representatives put their case for retaining the Educational Maintenance Allowance to full council yesterday evening
Read MoreHackney Council approves ‘nil’ policy and bans strip clubs and sex shops
Cleanup campaign succeeds as councillors vote to outlaw sex entertainment venues – except in Haggerston
Read MoreLido Love – review
A celebration of the history of the London Fields pool, featuring cabaret band Bon Bon Kaotikai
Read MoreHackney Wick welcomes plans for new arts centre
Local residents and artists are optimistic about what the new development means for the neighbourhood
Read MoreNew Hanbury Project Shoreditch art show
Till 27 January 2011, St. Leonards Church Shoreditch High Street
Read MoreHipsters are agents of social change
The ranks of the skinny-jeaned get endlessly knocked – but I’m grateful for their part in making the lives of gay people easier
Read MoreJob cuts latest: 800 Hackney Council posts face the axe
The Town Hall has issued formal notification of “jobs at risk” to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Read MoreLondon 2012 Olympic coin competition winners announced
Congratulations to the lucky five who will each be sent one of these collectors’ items
Read MoreShoppers: put your money where your mouth is
Plenty welcome the arrival of a new supermarket, but those who don’t should spend more at the local shops they value
Read MoreTen Mossbourne academy students win Cambridge University offers
Former Ofsted inspector praises ‘spectacular breakthrough’ at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, one of poorest parts of UK
Read MoreChange in law protects tenants if landlord defaults on mortgage
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau highlights a recent change in the law which offers more protection to private tenants
Read MoreScamp, and Rain on the Pavements – reviews
First published in the 1950s, these two novels have been unavailable for half a century but are now back in print
Read MoreFrancisco Ortega: in the abstract
A Hackney-based artist talks about his work, his fears for the local art scene and his hopes for this year’s Hackney WickED Festival
Read MoreTrash Kit: the art of noise
Musically more the Slits than the Sugarbabes, this trio are not your ‘Typical Girls’
Read MoreFlower powered
The Tall Poppies are all the rave in 2011
Read MoreRestaurant review: Sariyer Balik
The Citizen goes fishing down Green Lanes
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