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American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 February 2014 at 15:20

Iain Sinclair leaves Hackney for the US on a Beat poetry pilgrimage in his latest book

The White Building/Lea River Park – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 15 July 2012 at 12:26

Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force

The Olympic Park – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 20 May 2012 at 08:47

The Velodrome, the Copper Box, the Energy Centre: some fine buildings will grace London 2012. But tawdry compromise is never far away…

Goldfrapp – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 27 November 2011 at 22:32

St John at Hackney, London

Florence and the Machine – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 October 2011 at 16:24

Hackney Empire, London

Kreayshawn – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 18 September 2011 at 09:34

The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, London

Olympics Aquatic Centre – review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 August 2011 at 09:46

Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space

Radio review: Hackney Podcast

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2011 at 14:33

A cacophony of local voices made this haunting fiction of London after The Flood come alive

Seagull – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 26 June 2011 at 21:59

Arcola, London

Cine-files: Rio, Dalston, London

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 10:32

This single-screened east London cinema offers a personal touch and period detail but falls down on facilities

CocknBullKid: Adulthood – review

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 May 2011 at 11:56

CocknBullKid, Anita Blay. Photo: John D McHugh

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Mr Briggs’ Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun – review

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 8 May 2011 at 22:38

After a juddering start, Kate Colquhoun’s account of the first murder on the British railway really gets going

Yes, but is it drawing? London 2011 Biennial Fundraiser

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 April 2011 at 21:53

The best works auctioned at east London’s Drawing Room, by Turner prizewinners and younger artists alike, are self-regarding, silly, and muse on the nature of drawing itself