In focus – Hackney Citizen

Adam Deacon: ‘I was too street and too scary for directors’

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 19 February 2012 at 21:27

Adam Deacon talks about his Bafta for rising star and his desire to be a voice for modern youth

Top Boy gets a mixed reception from Hackney’s youth

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 30 October 2011 at 15:20

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

How power, money and art are shifting to the East End

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 17 July 2011 at 10:08

The Olympics have fuelled regeneration, but while many welcome the changes, some fear its character will be lost