Books London’s Olympic Legacy – book review: ‘spruced up field notes’ Volume provides an insider account of how the idealistic goals that motivated the early phases of Olympic legacy planning gradually eroded Author: Hackney Citizen
News ‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers Author: Hackney Citizen
News Now ‘impossible’ to save for a deposit in Hackney New figures estimate it would take over 19 years for buyers to save for their first property Author: Hackney Citizen
News Diane Abbott throws hat into the ring for London Mayor Priorities for Hackney MP would be battling the housing crisis and reversing ‘toxic’ narrative of immigration 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
