Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – Penny Arcade’s crusade against conformity
The veteran performance artist brings her famously subversive show to the Arcola
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Bee friendly says Hackney FOE
There are lots of ways you can get involved to help save the declining bee population, says Hackney Friends of the Earth
Dio Lau – Confession in Water
Artist Dio Lau’s debut solo exhibition at the Book Club in Shoreditch explores the dark corners of the human psyche
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012 – review
Hackney designers offered a lot to see and do at this spectacular three-day event
Get Carta – the art of mapping
Eight artists explore community, place, and nature at the Karin Janssen Project Space in Well Street
Facing Power and Beauty
Jasper Joffe contrasts portraits of brutal dictators and images of Hollywood actresses at Rove Gallery in Hoxton
A new lease of life for the Clapton Hart
Formerly notorious pub enjoys a makeover and now offers great ales in a convivial atmosphere
Teachers and students march to protest Hackney Community College cuts
Jobs to go at Hackney Community College as government cuts funding
Bloomin’ marvellous – Peabody launches tallest sunflower competition
Housing association invites residents to enter its Peabody in Bloom gardening competition
Maguire Seven man speaks out over miscarriage of justice case
Patrick Maguire speaks to the Hackney Citizen about what might lie ahead for Sam Hallam, recently freed after his murder conviction was quashed last month
Post-Games Olympic Park reopening will help create ‘sustainable neighbourhoods’
Legacy will help London ‘steer it out of recession and on to long term prosperity’ says Mayor Boris Johnson
Jewel East competition: win jewellery making workshop for two with Holts Academy
Enjoy the East London Jewellery Week Trail and win a workshop session with top jewellery school
Diamond Jubilee: Celebrations in Hackney
People across Hackney celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Eastern treasures at Jewellery Week
All eyes are on Perspex, precious metals and gemstones at Jewel East and other East London jewellery events
Hackney pupils get arctic education
A group of explorers and scientists are organising workshops to teach the borough’s schoolchildren about Arctic environments