Proposed changes to tenancy agreements for Hackney residents living in council-owned properties are causing concern
Alarmed shopkeepers demand tighter security following dual blazes within a week of each other
Julia Griffin and Hendrik Wittkopf’s new children’s book, The Animalympics, is a lively and refreshing take on the 2012 Games
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
An outbreak of violence on the last day of term leaves a 15 year-old in hospital
The global Occupy movement arrives in central Hackney as protestors demand social justice and greater wealth equality
The Hackney Citizen meets Andreas Wesemann to find out more about a bid by local residents to open their own school
A much-loved local river is becoming highly polluted and its water quality is hazardously low in many places
The Curve Gallery is host to this festive pop-up shop selling by works by a number of Hackney-based artists and designers
Stour Space Designers’ Market, Saturday 17 December 2011
Circus is at The Tramshed in Shoreditch until 18 December 2011 from 10am – 8pm daily