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Sam Berkson – spreading the Word

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 11 March 2012 at 09:21

Performance poet ‘Angry’ Sam Berkson talks about what enrages him, what inspires him, and what he thinks of the current state of spoken word

Disappearing Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 March 2012 at 10:37

A new photographic exhibition celebrates lost places in a changing neighbourhood

Hackney Council rejects Dalston 18-storey tower block plan

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 8 March 2012 at 02:53

Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street

New Dalston CLR James library opens

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 1 March 2012 at 09:38

Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston opens its doors, keeping the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign

Dalston’s power players

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 19 February 2012 at 20:35

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

Name row library to open

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 January 2012 at 21:55

Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston is set to open its doors, and keeps the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign

Hackney Council rent hike threatens Centerprise

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 7 December 2011 at 12:48

An iconic Dalston bookshop and cultural centre may have to close if a new lease fails to be agreed

Hackney Council defends CLR James library ‘Starbucks cafe’ decision

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 7 December 2011 at 12:20

‘It’s not a Starbucks’ says Hackney Council, but admits the cafe will sell Starbucks coffee and other Starbucks products

Archaeology of Urban Time: Drawing Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 November 2011 at 10:15

The Hackney Citizen meets Alexandra Blum, an artist with an engrossing perspective of Dalston’s redevelopment

Hackney Council to evict Dalston squatters

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 October 2011 at 11:16

A squat in St Mark’s Rise is the latest in a string of properties to be emptied by bullish housing chiefs

Dalston photo exhibition captures backstreet Delhi life

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 August 2011 at 15:50

A photo from the Father and Son exhibition

Father and son photographers document Indian city life from the 1950s to the 1970s

Shacklewell Arms gets new hands

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 August 2011 at 20:01

Uber-cool DJs, top bands and ‘secret’ performances have transformed an old-style music pub. The Citizen meets those behind the change

Turkish shopkeepers stand firm against rioters in Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 August 2011 at 02:25

Kingsland Road Shacklewell Lane junction Dalston 2130 Monday 8 August

Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away

Hackney Council advises Dalston traders to shut up shop as riot fears hit businesses hard

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 August 2011 at 18:33

Shopkeepers and stallholders tell the Citizen how concerns over more civil unrest is affecting them

Twenty arrested in Dalston immigration and drugs swoop

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 July 2011 at 11:09

A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridley Road and at Dalston Junction