‘You take the highs with the lows’: London’s ‘only Black-led high street vintage shop’ celebrates 10 years in Hackney
The Citizen catches up with Rekindled owner Jackie Dacres as she looks back at a decade on Well Street
Read More‘Unjustified’: Hundreds of motorcyclists protest Hackney Council’s plans for ‘eye-watering’ parking charges
Around 300 people gather at the Town Hall to condemn proposals that could see riders paying up to £6 an hour
Read MoreAfter the Olympics, Tony Mak, book review: ‘Photographs that catch the fractured mood of this social cusp’
Tony Mak’s images show ‘how unharmonious profit-maximising urban design can be’
Read MoreHackney Council defends plan to restructure libraries as unions promise to fight any job losses
Town Hall proposals, which it hopes will save £300,000, could lead to 19 jobs being scrapped
Read More‘Cost-of-living crisis will mean tough decisions on budgets,’ warns Hackney’s chief executive
Mark Carroll, who took up the job last year, says the council will have to do ‘things we don’t want to do’
Read More‘I’ve seen a hell a lot of change’: Legendary Hackney film director launches 50-year retrospective in Shoreditch
John Smith, who Jarvis Cocker calls his ‘favourite British filmmaker’, will show 50 of his works over 10 weeks
Read MoreChapter of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir, Alexander Baron, book review: ‘Portrait of a man keen to be accepted but feeling himself apart’
Launched at Hackney Archives last month, these memoirs were said by the late novelist to ‘hold the key to his writing’
Read MoreCouncil ‘determined’ to forge ahead with Kings Hall Leisure Centre refurbishment despite ‘significant financial challenges’
Town Hall procurement committee set to approve £35m plans – with ‘doing nothing simply not an option’
Read MoreGreenpeace Shoreditch volunteers raise money for ‘boulder barrier’ to thwart industrial fishing in English Channel
Local residents helped bring in more than £5k for the charity’s campaign to protect oceans
Read MoreA Child of the East End, Jean Fullerton, book review: ‘Highly entertaining tale of growing up in Stepney’
Fullerton’s memoir will ‘resonate with many’ who lived through the social change of the late 20th-century
Read MoreMayor apologises to campaigner who was told to move her pop-up parklet during ‘harmless community event’
Brenda Puech was approached by enforcement officers on Pop-up Parklet Day last weekend
Read MoreCharity for African communities celebrates new home at council property in Clapton – with Hackney Mayor welcoming ‘brilliant’ organisation
AFRIDAC selected as new tenant at one of the 50 council buildings reserved for the voluntary sector
Read More‘The trauma lasts for life’: Author and psychologist visits Hackney charity to launch novel about child trafficking
Angela Karanja’s thriller, Smuggled, is based on her experiences working with teenagers
Read MoreThe Cherry Orchard, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Space drama that never quite gets into orbit’
Vinay Patel’s reimagining of the Chekhov classic is ‘weighed down by its own ambition’
Read MoreAnti-LTN campaigner stages silent protest after being told her question about air quality would not be considered at health meeting
Council says cabinet is ‘most appropriate body’ to respond to Clair Battaglino’s concerns
Read MoreStamford Hill Clockhouse to be put up for sale – with council urging local businesses to help bring it back into use
Town Hall is keen to hear from ‘organisations with a presence in Stamford Hill’ as it prepares to market the property
Read MoreHackney Wick set to benefit from £1.2m fund to help creative industries go green
City Hall announces grants of up to £200k for London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones
Read MoreHackney Foodbank in plea for support as residents speak out about cost-of-living crisis – including one mother who has stopped her son taking baths
Volunteers at the charity are ‘worried’, with food donations falling away despite demand doubling
Read More‘We’re all in’: Award-winning wildlife illustrator to open studio and shop in Clapton after crowdfunding success
Ben Rothery delighted to ‘put roots down’ in his local borough – with Hidden Planet set to open later this year
Read MoreSt John at Hackney Church to host memorial service for the Queen this Sunday
Local MPs and councillors will join the event, which will be shown on screens outside the church
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