Posts by Hackney Citizen
More than 100 stage performers protest against plans to sell off LGBT+ club in Bethnal Green
The rally was organised by union Equity after owners of working men’s club signalled intention to sell up
Read MoreTitbits – Swipes, stripes and reputational gripes
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreMurder investigation launched after boy, 15, stabbed to death in Hackney
Officers appeal for witnesses following stabbing near Hackney Downs yesterday afternoon
Read More‘Real lifeline’: Hackney Foodbank awarded £20k to help families during the summer holidays
The charity will use the National Lottery funding to provide supermarket vouchers
Read MoreGeneral Election 2024: Hackney South and Shoreditch results
Meg Hillier retains constituency for Labour with close to two thirds of the vote
Read MoreGeneral Election 2024: Hackney North and Stoke Newington results
Diane Abbott holds the seat for Labour with a resounding win
Read MorePatrick Pinkerton wins Cazenove ward by-election for Labour
Pinkerton beats Tory candidate by just 136 votes
Read MoreHackney Wick exhibition to honour women’s rights icon Emmeline Pankhurst
Uprising at Nasty Gallery will also delve into gender inequality in the art world
Read MoreTitbits – Discrete, chutes and leaves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘If you think you can, you can’: Philanthropist Sir Jack Petchey OBE dies aged 98
Petchey’s charity has invested over £170m in youth projects across east London and Essex
Read MoreArtist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum reimagines a colonial outpost in first major solo UK exhibition
The Netherlands-based artist’s work will fill the Barbican’s Curve gallery from mid-September
Read More‘Intimate and poignant’: Upcoming photography exhibition celebrates lives of Bengalis in London’s East End
Bethnal Green’s Four Corners Gallery hosts a selection of photographs documenting the community over the past 50 years
Read More‘Absolute privilege’: East London health boss Lorraine Sunduza awarded OBE
Sunduza, chief executive of the East London NHS Foundation Trust, recognised for her work in mental and community health
Read MoreAlsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston
Kiko was pulled out of a 14-storey block of flats on Tyssen Street earlier this week
Read MoreLocal stars to headline fundraising gala for Stoke Newington community
Comedian Rob Deering and poet Tim Wells will perform at the Fabulous FUNdraiser next week
Read MoreWindrush grant winner Wayne Snooze to have his art displayed on billboards across Hackney
The artist’s Jamaica-inspired screen prints will be on show from next week
Read MoreGeneral election 2024: Hackney candidates revealed ahead of 4 July vote
Eight candidates will contest the Hackney North seat, and another seven will compete to serve Hackney South
Read MoreKeep it civil: Citizen calls for more courtesy in politics
Bash the idea, not the person
Read MoreGirl, 9, remains in critical condition following Dalston shooting – as detectives urge people to come forward
Officers appeal for information as they investigate shooting on Kingsland High Street last week
Read MoreParasouls: Young V&A exhibition sees lost umbrellas transformed into Japanese spirits
Colourful brollies-turned-yōkai now welcome visitors at the children’s museum
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