Opinion Sainsbury’s N16 – If you build it they will come Rab MacWilliam, former editor of N16 Magazine, gives his personal view Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion Leader – Pantomimes, Canalival and eerie Christmas calm… A look back at Hackney in 2013 – a year of subcommittee deja vu Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion Five things the Olympics got wrong Home Counties ticket holders, overblown legacy claims – let’s not be blind to where the London Games didn’t deliver Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion The abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics Author: Hackney Citizen
News Top Boy is the real deal I thought this TV series set in Hackney – where I grew up – might be another cliched urban drama. It rose far above that Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion UK riots: don’t shut these kids out now Put the shutters up on the shops, but not in our minds. A punitive and condemning reaction simply mirrors the alienation so many already experience Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion The militarisation of policing the riots would be a deadly mistake Yes, we must regain control of the streets, but loose talk about rubber bullets and water cannon will achieve nothing Author: Hackney Citizen
Olympic Games 2012 Let the games begin It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion The buck has to stop with Sharon Shoesmith There is no point making scapegoats of frontline staff. A case such as Baby P’s requires top managers to take responsibility Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion Popularity should not dictate public health policy Andrew Lansley’s moves on tobacco are welcome – but waiting for a swing in public opinion to act is the counsel of despair Author: Hackney Citizen
Opinion The dead hand of the whips Debate about legislation is being stifled by party managers forcing MPs to toe the government line, with toxic effect Author: Hackney Citizen
