Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘It wasn’t until this podcast that I really started paying attention properly to the history right on our doorstep’
This audio-based history aims to connect what is happening locally in the present with the rich past of the East London area
Read MoreTitbits – Information superslowway
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHelp ensure every child has a festive present to unwrap as the Winter Toy Appeal returns
The annual appeal distributes new toys to thousands of children who would otherwise go without
Read MoreHoxton charity unveils three alternative audio tours of London penned by children
Listeners can enjoy the ‘wildest tall stories to the most moving of poetry’, says Ministry of Stories director
Read MoreNew short film explores the joys and challenges of life inside an East London brain injury charity
Award-winning filmmaker Kit Vincent documents the work of Headway East London through the stories of four survivors
Read MoreClimate change film by Hackney pupils shown to world leaders
Mandeville Primary headteacher ‘so proud’ as film is screened at UN event
Read MoreNever-before-seen artworks by Rotimi Fani-Kayode go on display in Shoreditch
The late artist’s ‘groundbreaking’ photography is on show at Autograph gallery
Read MoreHackney schoolchildren star in supermarket giant’s healthy eating campaign
Mandeville Primary, home to the School of Food, was chosen to take part in launch of Tesco’s £4m giveaway
Read More‘A reflection of my childhood’: Zimbabwean artist Errol Theunissen heads to Dalston for his first ever solo exhibition
Bold oil paintings that elevate everyday scenes will be on display at BSMT Space next month
Read MoreNumber of children using Hackney Foodbank doubles in two years – as charity urges government to act
Food bank’s CEO calls on Whitehall to ensure Universal Credit is keeping up with living costs
Read More‘A place for people who don’t have a place’: Future Hackney’s upcoming exhibition ‘The Strip’ is a paean to Dalston
Photography, art and stories about the area will be on display in two places later this month
Read MoreTitbits – Full Stops
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHackney man jailed for life after antisemitic arson attack
‘Offence was motivated by a hostility towards people of Jewish faith,’ judge rules
Read More‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Read MoreTitbits – Echoes, waves and Britpop faves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLegendary designer Katharine Hamnett backs Oxfam’s Secondhand September campaign
Hamnett visited her local branch in Dalston to support the charity’s #SecondHandSeptember drive
Read MoreTwo arrests made after ‘man on mobility scooter’ fatally stabbed in Hackney
Two men, aged 21 and 28, in custody after victim in his 30s died on Rushmore Road in Clapton yesterday
Read MoreHackney students celebrate GCSE results
Jubilation over success on paper and in practice
Read MoreMaking the grade: Hackney students A-level and BTEC results 2024
Students from the Urswick School, Cardinal Pole, Mossbourne and BSix are amongst those celebrating
Read MoreAssembly calls on Londoners to share voting experience
The survey is open to anyone who would like to respond
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