Causing a scene – 6 Day Riot
Matt Hanley catches lead singer and songwriter Tamara Schlesinger before the band go supersonic
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Gentrification – a neighbourhood ‘grey area’?
Clearly there are winners and losers in a changing neighbourhood, but what can be done to ensure we end up with the kind of community we want to live in?
GP surgeries – what’s happening
“Any change in premises will not involve somebody having to lose their GP”
Olympic follies, fools’ gold?
Why Hackney businesses are struggling to win Olympic contracts
Spirit loses fight to stay
Spirit has lost his fight to stay at 71 Broadway Market – his shop and home since 1993
Dalston’s fried and tested
Kevin Clark searches out Dalston’s finest fried. All appraisals have been made on the basis of a typical veggie breakfast
Used bookshops – turning up the volumes
The first of a series of investigations into where to get quality second-hand goods
Legacy in the Dalston dust
The Hackney Citizen talks to film-maker Winstan Whitter about his new documentary, ‘Legacy in the Dust’
Clissold Rangers – London in their hands!
Sweeping all before them, Clissold Rangers FC have their eyes on the stars
The art of the London 2012 Olympics: the Cultural Olympiad
Whilst it is generally viewed positively, the Cultural Olympiad has its critics
Hoxton’s Hallam moves to HMP Bullingdon
Here’s the latest on the Sam Hallam campaign, with words of support from Patrick Maguire of the Maguire Seven
Affordable autumn fare
Make some noise for the humble potato – and the equally modest cabbage
East by northeast – Hackney Podcast ahoy!
Whilst there may well be global crises, there is still local enjoyment to be had. Hackney’s cultural, social and political life has become the subject of a recently-launched series of monthly podcasts.
The goy next door
What’s it like for an outsider to live alongside Stamford Hill’s Orthodox Jewish community, ‘the square mile of piety’? Ben Locker and ‘The Shaigetz’ swap perspectives and wonder whether they might be the best of neighbours.