‘Run to ruin’ – the sorry tale of Dalston Lane’s Georgian terraced houses
As diggers move in to demolish 200-year-old buildings on Dalston Lane, we look back at their recent chequered history and the campaign to save them
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London International Animation Festival comes to the Barbican
Festival to showcase a medley of styles, materials, techniques and productions used by today’s animators
Oh come all ye faithful – to Hackney’s festive markets
This month there are Christmas markets galore in Hackney, with everything from a Vegan market to more traditional affairs
Concert pitch – Hackney’s live music guide for December
‘Tis the season for Christmas gigs, shows and carol concerts. We round up some of the best
The Geffrye Museum decks the homes of Christmas past
Visitors can discover what Christmas was like through the ages at the Geffrye Museum’s annual exhibition of festive homes
Sleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire, review: ‘I was still dancing as I left the theatre’
Classic story has been brought up to date by Susie McKenna’s stellar writing and direction
Titbits – Labour tensions, cycling lessons and council beards revisited
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Whitehall gives Hackney Council final warning over ‘Town Hall Pravda’
Government minister cries foul over Hackney Today, accusing council of ‘not playing by the rules’
Christmas climate change rally to mark Paris treaty
‘Santa’s arctic retreat is melting’, say organisers calling for the government and council to act
Councillor Harvey Odze hails Donald Trump’s climate change ‘myth’ comments
Conservative apparently holds President-elect in high regard – at least when it comes to his opinions about the environment
‘Journalists of Hackney, unite!’ Reporter makes case for fair play by Town Hall
As campaign to highlight unfair competition by Town Hall freesheet gains momentum, rival hacks from the Citizen and Gazette speak with one voice
Well Street Market prepares for launch with bands set to perform this weekend
Rebooted historic street market will be home to fashion and street food stalls as well as a special market reserved for teenage entrepreneurs
Hackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people
Ahead of councillor’s question on official homelessness stats, shelter user tells Hackney Citizen: “It’s a slippery slope to being on the street”
Council “fake newspapers”: Ten quotes that show cross-party concern
Labour, Tories, Greens, Liberal Democrats and UKIP – all have slammed ratepayer funded rags in different places, at different times
Schoolboy injured by cyclist in hit-and-run on ‘dangerous’ superhighway in Stoke Newington
Boy’s mother criticises ‘rude’ police response and council’s new traffic scheme after 11–year-old was left with soft tissue damage in his shoulder
Row rages over council’s ad sales war with local press
Philip Glanville accuses Hackney Citizen editor of U-turn but does not deny freesheet competes with platforms for independent journalism