Sustainable Hackney – logo a go-go
Environmental group Sustainable Hackney launches graphic design competition
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Tatty Devine – the crown jewellers of Hackney
Tatty Devine is gaining national and international recognition for its innovative jewellery designs
New Year debt hangover? asks Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau
You can get help with money problems if you’ve overspent during the Christmas period
Leader – flimsy rules work in council’s favour
Affordable housing targets are being missed as new developments get the green light as rents and property prices continue to go through the roof
Hackney Today – here tomorrow?
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of ‘town hall Pravdas’ by ‘hard core authorities’
Don’t give things up – add more! says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Hackney Friends of the Earth urges us to love our New Year’s resolutions
Victoria Hume – songs of the psyche
Victoria Hume explores complex mental conditions using music
Sing It Loud – a window onto the imagination
Georgia Hayes’ exuberant figurative paintings at Transition Gallery are imbued with a sense of wonder
Hackney puts shorts on
Screenings, live music and parties to be held in venues across Hackney as London Short Film Festival comes to town
How to recycle your Christmas tree
There are four ways you can recycle your tree with the help of Hackney Council
Hackney filmmaker cashes in his chips
A young local filmmaker has been awarded a grant to make a sequel to his début film about violence and gang culture in the borough
London Mayor to meet Dalston campaigners over ‘gated community’ fears
Boris Johnson to address local concerns over eight storey ‘gated’ development proposals
A labour of love – Sappho…in 9 Fragments
Play about Ancient Greece’s first love poet opens at the White Rabbit Theatre in Stoke Newington
Sounds from the vault – The Helmholtz Resonators
Eccentric local act The Helmholtz Resonators return with a new EP entitled Van Damme’s Vault
Happy New Year 2013 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year