Mare Street - Hackney Citizen

'We'd lose half our business overnight' - beloved stationery shop launches campaign to stop relocation plans

Argun Printers & Stationers has been in business at the same location for more than 30 years

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'We'd lose half our business overnight' - beloved stationery shop launches campaign to stop relocation plans

RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park

Animal welfare charity also looking into reports of a man taunting dogs with a live rabbit on Mare Street

Author: Hackney Citizen

RSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park

Locals restart campaign to ban 'intimidating' HGVs from Victoria Park Road

Residents warn of lorries gridlocking congestion zones and point to recent fatalities

Author: Hackney Citizen

Penny Wrout, Christine Jackson and Claudia Turbet-Delof

‘Completely congested’: Residents call for morning ban on heavy goods vehicles using Victoria Park Road

Cllr Penny Wrout offers her backing – saying the road has become the ‘route of choice’ for lorries

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Victoria Park Road residents protest against HGV traffic

Five Points Courtyard, Mare Street, food review: ‘Come for the bar, stay for the barbecue delights’

This new food court and brewery is a ‘winning combination’

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Five Points Courtyard, Mare Street, food review: ‘Come for the bar, stay for the barbecue delights’

New owner of Hackney’s second oldest house says her family have been left in ‘nasty limbo’ by council red tape

Elizabeth Prochaska wants to turn part of the renovated 324-year-old property into a community arts space, while the developer says delays are costing him thousands of pounds in interest

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

New owner of Hackney’s second oldest house says her family have been left in ‘nasty limbo’ by council red tape

Deep Cuts London, Mare Street, review: ‘An infinitely pretty space to get classily trollied on aperitivos’

‘Bringing obscure spirits and vermouth to the forefront of the operation, this bar is a lively addition’

Author: Gabriel Wilding

Hackney’s biggest independent brewery launches new taproom by London Fields

Five Points on road to recovery after an 80 per cent drop in custom during the pandemic

Author: Tom Davidson

Hackney’s biggest independent brewery launches new taproom by London Fields

Property guardians speak out over ‘neglected’ former Citizens Advice Bureau building

‘This property survived the World Wars. It is situated in a conservation area. It shares a wall with a listed property. Therefore its character must be protected’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Police officer knocked unconscious during arrest in Hackney

Male officer taken to hospital for treatment yesterday after being thrown against a wall at a pub on Mare Street

Author: Hackney Citizen

Police officer knocked unconscious during arrest in Hackney

The Waterhouse Project, Mare Street, food review: ‘Supper club fine dining that’s all very un-London’

Former Galvin chef Gabriel Waterhouse’s tasting menu delivers, but prepare to ‘flex your talking-to-new-people muscle’

Author: Lydia Fried

The Waterhouse Project, Mare Street, food review: ‘Supper club fine dining that’s all very un-London’

2019: A Space odyssey

Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years

Author: Hackney Citizen