Posts Tagged ‘lockdown’
VIDEO: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville on coronavirus, lockdown and more
The borough leader speaks to the Citizen about the council’s work over the past few months and the challenges and issues it faces today
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘The maker movement has never been more important’
The writer speaks to Hackney residents who have been making face masks, and a researcher who thinks the pandemic has allowed makers to shake off the ‘hobbyist’ stereotype
Read MoreLocal schools move to tackle ‘emerging gap’ in inequality caused by lockdown
Councillors ‘distressed’ after hearing from education charity that ten years’ progress may be lost
Read MorePhotography: We Grieve by Fran Hales
The Hackney-based photographer’s beautiful series captured the weekly community ceremonies held on Clapton Common during lockdown
Read MoreTown Hall pleads for ‘responsibility’ this weekend as pubs and bars reopen
Mayor asks residents and businesses to ‘play their part’ amid concerns over potential antisocial behaviour
Read MorePoetry: Easing by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on emerging from lockdown
Read More‘Do the right thing’: Hackney’s grassroots music venues call for ‘immediate’ government support
Borough’s venues sign letter to Whitehall asking for £50m care package and VAT relief on future ticket sales as lockdown restrictions continue
Read MoreTraffic to be banned outside 40 more primary schools in Hackney
Town Hall announces broad expansion of its School Streets scheme, adding to the nine schools already involved
Read MorePublic art project invites Hackney residents to see their colourful photos become optical illusions
Collaboration between artist Jo Guile and researcher Dr Emily Patterson hopes to ‘spark conversation about subjective nature of perception’
Read MoreThe Gun pub launches fundraiser amid fears pandemic will lead to closure
Popular Homerton watering hole reaches nearly £30k in a single day as supporters rally to save it
Read MorePhotographs of London in lockdown unveiled by Historic England
The Picturing Lockdown Collection features 36 images of the capital, including Hackney, taken by professionals and members of the public
Read MoreCouncil runs out of paper to fine public urinators as parks chief hits out at ‘leisure class’
Town Hall urges people to ‘take responsibility’ after issuing 70 fines in London Fields alone last weekend
Read MoreBen Mortimer: ‘I want to preserve the block WhatsApp group and people doing things for their neighbours’
The local writer on his experience of lockdown, what it has meant to friends and neighbours, and why he’s ‘extremely glad’ for Victoria Park
Read MoreVolunteer Centre Hackney attracts record number of helpers during pandemic
Charity reveals more than 2,000 have signed up since lockdown began as it marks week of thanks for volunteers across the UK
Read MorePlan to scrap free travel for under-18s is an ‘attack on our children’, says Jennette Arnold
Hackney’s City Hall representative condemns government’s proposal in the conditions for Transport for London’s £1.6bn bailout
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘Despite high-profile errors, technology has proven to be a saving grace during the pandemic’
The local writer looks into the relationship between man and machine as it ‘approaches a critical juncture’
Read MoreLocal artists create online crime mystery in aid of Hackney Giving
Creative studio Swamp Motel’s virtual whodunnit has been delighting guests during lockdown
Read MoreLocal cookery school’s lockdown delivery service has dished out 25,000 meals
Made In Hackney looking at how to extend ‘life-saving’ scheme beyond June after huge response to its crowdfunder
Read MoreVoice of children being ‘stifled’ during pandemic, council warns
Leading officers speak of concerns about the lack of coverage of young people’s experiences of lockdown
Read MoreHackney1000 under lockdown smashes expectations to raise £21k
From running and cycling to Spice Girls lip syncs, locals got stuck in for much-loved youth charity Hackney Quest
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