Generation Rent: Stoke Newington School to stage version of historic New York musical
Stoke Newington School’s drama teacher talks to the Citizen about pupils’ upcoming production of Jonathan Larson’s classic
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Turn up for the books: we look forward to an eventful October for Hackney’s independent bookshops
The borough’s bookshops are increasingly staging events to get readers off Amazon, out of their houses and through their doors. We preview a few such bashes in this look at the lay of the literary land
Mostly ghostly: a whistlestop tour of Hackney’s spirit world
With Halloween haunting the horizon, we bring you ghost stories! Read about the supernatural tenants of one of Hackney’s oldest buildings Sutton House, and learn Dalston’s history of occult investigations – featuring a ‘scandal that shook Victorian spiritualism to the core’…
Frau Welt becomes Hackney Showroom’s first star of the stage
The cabaret and drag inspired solo narrative is the venue’s first play
CCTV cameras on Hackney estates are working 99 per cent of the time
Concerns about broken cameras were raised at Mayor’s Question Time
Titbits – blast from the past, Hackney Today and parking in the distant future
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – why scrutiny of the council’s freesheet is in the public interest
Hackney Today threatens the Citizen’s ability to cover the issues readers value most
Letters – EU politicking, electoral sand castles and paper chasing
Dave Raval on #HackneyLovesYou, Terry Stewart on Vittoria Wharf and local democracy, and Steve Stannard in support of the council’s freesheet
Grenfell: Confusion as experts contradict Hackney Council on Fire Risk Assessment gaps
Surveyors and Town Hall at odds over documents which appear to counter Mayor’s claim that FRAs are ‘up to date’
Council pension fund owns £27 million in tobacco firms – Happy Stoptober!
Hackney Council defends doubling of assets, saying it has a ‘legal duty to maximise investments’
Pupils and parents ‘hug their schools’ in protest against funding cuts
Hackney joins in national ‘Arms Around Our Schools’ event
Baby box scheme ‘put on hold’ by council over safety concerns
Town Hall delays launch following ‘cautionary advice’ from infant death charity, but the Baby Box Company insists its products ‘exceed standards’
Gillian Riley on food history: ‘I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it!’
Leafy greens have a crucial role to play in many global cuisines, from Seoul to the Seine. Gillian Riley leafs through her history and recipe books to make the case for the much-maligned likes of spinach and cabbage
Watch: Mayor Philip Glanville quizzed by public at Hackney Question Time
Last night’s Town Hall event was streamed live on Facebook
Grenfell: Hackney Council has no deadline for expert cladding tests and is ‘unsure’ of cost
CladTech Associates ‘have not given a specific date’ for report ordered in June
Winterville activists celebrate Haggerston Park victory as festival withdraws
Residents worried about noise, litter and anti-social behaviour