Fat White Family, EartH, live music review: ‘Electrifying night of high intensity’
The rock band brought the house down with a frenzied set to promote their critically acclaimed new album
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Battle of the Potemkin: Town Hall seeks demolition of Hackney’s answer to Serpentine
Town Hall ‘disputes artistic merit’ of Antepavilion structure as competition aims to ‘expose and question authoritarian planning culture’
Dialogue in the Dark, Space Studios: ‘An hour in total darkness that helps us appreciate different forms of awareness’
A new immersive exhibition on Mare Street enables sighted people to experience what it is like to live with a visual impairment
The Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’
Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas
Going Ananas
Out with pine needles and in with pineapples as our resident food historian slices into the background of the tropical fruit
Thames Water to make £10k community donation as ‘way of saying sorry’ for flooding
A burst pipe in Finsbury Park last year damaged 177 homes and left thousands without water
Titbits – Cleaning up the air with Burke and Square
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Silvertown blues
Why is near unanimous opposition to the controversial £1bn tunnel not being reflected by political leaders? Londoners deserve an answer
‘Glastonbury moment’: Hackney Carnival could take a ‘one-year rest’
Council culture boss says ‘challenge’ must be put to Town Hall to seek investors for carnival
Employment boss calls for greater ‘flexibility’ for apprenticeship money
Town Hall officers complain of ‘massive challenge’ of limitations to apprenticeship levy
Council urges move away from fashion to bring Hackney Walk back to life
Town Hall to meet with Intermediate Capital Group next week as planning boss expresses ‘frustration’ at vacant units
Town Hall told to pay thousands to mother and son over ‘unsuitable accommodation’
Watchdog finds family’s living conditions had ‘detrimental effect on their mental health and wellbeing’
Happy New Year 2020 to all our readers!
The Hackney Citizen wishes everyone a happy, safe and peaceful New Year
Hackney councillor Mete Coban awarded MBE for youth work in New Year Honours
Stoke Newington’s Labour rep ‘incredibly humbled’ after he is recognised for the work of his charity My Life My Say
Local stars honoured at Hackney’s Youth Sports Awards
Olympic sailor Iain Percy handed out gongs in front of 200-strong audience at the Town Hall
Soumik Datta, Oslo Hackney, live music review: ‘A true work of art’
The expert player of the Indian sarod launched his latest album with a gig that shone a light on deforestation and climate change