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‘Impossible not to be curious’: Photographer challenges stereotype of nomadic Mongolians with exhibition on yurt-dwelling commuters

Despite being warned off, Cath Forrest documented the community of professionals who live in tents and work in the city

Author: Marion Weaver

‘Impossible not to be curious’: Photographer challenges stereotype of nomadic Mongolians with exhibition on yurt-dwelling commuters

‘Each one contributed to Hackney’: Plaque honouring late African-Caribbean musicians to be unveiled on Mare Street

Twenty-four artists will feature on the memorial outside the former Ocean venue, which is now the Hackney Picturehouse

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Each one contributed to Hackney’: Plaque honouring late African-Caribbean musicians to be unveiled on Mare Street

Hackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced

Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced

Picturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members

Screen giant claims an email sent from a union address ‘instructed employees to encourage attacks’ on its website in support of long-running strike action

Author: Hackney Citizen

Picturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members

Union boss slams Picturehouse following employee’s suspension

Gerry Morrissey accuses film chain of ‘intimidating’ staff, some of whom have been striking over its refusal to pay a voluntary living wage

Author: Hackney Citizen

Union boss slams Picturehouse following employee’s suspension

Summer loving: the East End Film Festival returns on 2 June – read our full preview

Read on for details of a nuclear double-bill, Brexit and Tupac profiled, a Caribbean take on Shakespeare, an Eastenders alumnus’ directorial debut and much more…

Author: Hackney Citizen

Screen burn - we look forward to the 16th East End Film Festival. All images courtesy East End Film Festival

London Short Film Festival: Hackney cinemas to play leading role as programme announced for 2017

Next month’s festival includes a special focus on the LGBTQ community

Author: Hackney Citizen

London Short Film Festival: Hackney cinemas to play leading role as programme announced for 2017

Council under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme

‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage

Cinema workers to ramp up pressure on Picturehouse to pay staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour with third walk out in a month

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage

Wes Anderson puppeteer spooks Hackney Wick with Halloween ‘pumpkin bridge’

Whilst most of Hackney woke up engulfed in an eerie fog, Hackney Wickers were treated to a spooky pumpkin extravaganza

Author: Hackney Citizen

Wes Anderson puppeteer spooks Hackney Wick with Halloween ‘pumpkin bridge’

Discovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney

A former programmer at the Rio and now Head of Cinema at the Barbican looks back at the surprisingly rich history of Hackney’s cinemas

Author: Hackney Citizen

Discovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney

Action! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage

Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London

Author: Hackney Citizen