Posts by Hackney Citizen
Hackney school ‘excited’ after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees
Kingsmead Primary links up with Ugandan school to support Buzzline project
Read More‘Unsustainable’: Much-loved local pub The Gun announces immediate closure
After a decade on Well Street, the pub’s landlords call time ‘despite very best efforts’ to stay open
Read MoreHackney Wick co-living plans ‘send signal’ to all developers, says community group
Hackney’s first co-living scheme gets green light – thanks to novel partnership between community and developer
Read MoreAbney Park Trust launches year-long festival to celebrate ‘historic radicals’
The Radical Writers festival will feature appearances from acclaimed writers, politicians and academics
Read MoreHackney History Festival to return for two weekends in May
Talks, walks and films are on the bill for the second annual celebration of the borough’s history
Read MoreLetter to the editor: In response to your article, ‘Council insider on Mossbourne’
Readers express their disquiet at anonymous opinion piece
Read MoreMan, 68, jumped to his death from phone booth inside Hackney police station
Coroner urges Scotland Yard to act after Peter Jones committed suicide in the waiting area of its Stoke Newington branch
Read MoreTitbits – New year, old habits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘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
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