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.
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Dark art on the Downs
WW is a new artists’ run project space in a Victorian terraced house on Hackney Downs, showing artists using humour and darkness in contemporary art
Revolution on the Marshes
In among the hundreds of amateur Sunday football teams on Hackney Marshes, there is one team that isn’t quite what you’d expect
New developments in Hallam campaign
Disputed murder case could receive another chance at appeal courts
Plans hatch to make or break Dalston
Dalston – Hackney’s largest shopping area – is undergoing major changes. What will this mean for local residents?
Tune in soon to Stokey TV
Plans are underway to launch a community television channel in Stoke Newington this autumn. A group of five local people have come together to create ‘Stokey TV’, a not-for-profit online platform for people to broadcast their videos.
Shroom: putting the anima back into animation
Ellingfort Road animation studio Shroom talk to the Hackney Citizen about their recent projects
Tony Grisoni: stranger in Kingsland
The Hackney Citizen talks to film-maker Tony Grisoni about his new film
OTO: the new sound of Dalston
A new arts and experimental music venue opens its doors in Dalston
Confucius and Chinese folk tales form Hackney childrens’ opera
Hackney Music Development Trust discuss their latest project with Matt Hanley