Posts by Hackney Citizen
Poetry: Covetous Covid’s Crimes by Zac Eisner
The 11-year-old Hackney resident, who has been home-schooled for a year because his mum is shielding, shares a piece to ‘raise your spirits’
Read MoreLondon Mayor candidates to debate environment issues that matter to you
Free online event on 12 April to be led by TV presenter Julia Bradbury
Read More‘World-first’ comic book about Mary Wollstonecraft’s life to be given out to primary schools
Book to be accompanied by six-week lesson plan, thanks to project involving Newington Green Meeting House
Read MoreTitbits – Red flags and humble brags
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – School of thought
School lessons to tackle vaccine misinformation are a good start considering historically low uptake in the borough. But why not go a step further and follow Finland’s lead?
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day – what’s on
The theme for the 2021 edition of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Monday 8 March is ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’
Read MoreChildren team up to create fundraising video in support of local swimming club
Project launched by Hackney Aquatics Club draws on the creative genius of children to make and edit video as part of Crowdfunder campaign
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’
Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved
Read MoreHelp choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed
Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass
Read MoreHome care firm under fire after death of local pensioner from dehydration last summer
Scathing coroner’s report says Joseph O’Neill, 88, would ‘not have died when he did’ were it not for failures by Care Outlook staff
Read MoreYoung composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival
Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble
Read MoreMete Coban revealed as Jon Burke’s successor as Mayor shuffles his top table
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison’s maternity leave sees her brief shared out, while Caroline Woodley adds parks to her portfolio
Read More‘Sadly necessary’: School staff donate stationery to borough’s most vulnerable kids
National Education Union says its scheme highlights underfunding in schools, as it announces community event on post-Covid recovery plans
Read MoreGovernment has ‘spectacularly failed’ to address cladding scandal, says Hackney Mayor
Town Hall backs campaigners who say Whitehall’s new plans do not grasp the ‘size and scope’ of the crisis
Read MoreClapton landlords who left tenants in ‘illegal and dangerous conditions’ fined £22,000
‘Nobody should have to live like this’, says councillor after details emerge of inactive smoke alarms, fire risks and water supply problems at property on Durrington Road
Read MoreVIDEO: Campaigner and former Hackney councillor urges people to get the Covid vaccine
Read on for details of an online event giving local Black communities a chance to ask health and community leaders about the vaccine
Read More‘Wonderful privilege’: Local activist picked for London Mayor’s new diversity commission
Toyin Agbetu, founding member of Hackney’s review of place names, is one of 15 people appointed to carry out a similar task across the capital
Read MorePirates proffer postcards of pensive prose
Youngsters from a local literacy charity have been sending uplifting messages to older residents during the pandemic
Read MoreHackney welcomes over 100 cherry trees gifted by people of Japan
Three varieties planted in Springfield Park and Daubeney Fields symbolise ‘hope, beauty and new life’
Read MoreHackney theatre enlists scientists to investigate how to reduce virus transmission in arts venues
The Arcola teams up with Imperial College London for a project aimed at improving audience safety across the industry
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