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Posts Tagged ‘Interviews’

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

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 19 February 2012 at 21:27
Rising Star: Bafta winner Adam Deacon

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

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Labrinth is SyCo’s latest signing but he doesn’t need a popstar bootcamp

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 22 October 2011 at 13:10

Hard work and big tunes are all the Hackney producer cares about, but what if sleeping in the studio leads to a hobo beard?

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After the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 September 2011 at 22:29
Emeka Egbuonu

Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams

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The Saturday interview: Mossbourne academy’s Sir Michael Wilshaw

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 17 September 2011 at 13:06
Sir Michael Wilshaw

Sir Michael Wilshaw is the super-strict head at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and is rumoured to become the new head of Ofsted. Can he repeat Mossbourne’s success nationwide?

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Leona Lewis: the Hackney heroine has given Simon Cowell a lesson in taste

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 3 September 2011 at 08:37
Leona Lewis Hackney Empire

Collide singer talks epic spook-pop, riots and dodging Whitney style ballads with Sylvia Patterson

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Royal Wedding: Tom Hunter: ‘All the other royal marriages have fallen apart now’

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 17 April 2011 at 10:43
Princess Toshi by Tom Hunter. Photograph: Tom Hunter

Photographer Tom Hunter creates an artwork to commemorate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton

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Lone wolf Phillips Idowu anxious to hunt down the pack in Barcelona

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 18 July 2010 at 08:50

Beneath the dyed hair the world triple-jump champion is a fierce competitor

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One last thing… Professor Green

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 18 July 2010 at 08:43

He looks like Michael Cera, sounds like a Cluedo character, and sings with Lily Allen. Rich Pelley wises up to Professor Green

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