Ken Livingstone visits Ridley Road Market
As the London mayoral race heats up, Labour candidate Ken Livingstone makes his voice heard in the crowded marketplace of Dalston’s Ridley Road
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Sam Berkson – spreading the Word
Performance poet ‘Angry’ Sam Berkson talks about what enrages him, what inspires him, and what he thinks of the current state of spoken word
Disappearing Dalston
A new photographic exhibition celebrates lost places in a changing neighbourhood
Hackney Council rejects Dalston 18-storey tower block plan
Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street
New Dalston CLR James library opens
Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston opens its doors, keeping the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign
Dalston’s power players
Power Lunches, an arts café which doubles as a rehearsal studio, is boosting Dalston’s growing reputation as a hotspot for musical creativity and innovation
Name row library to open
Hackney’s new mega-library in Dalston is set to open its doors, and keeps the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign
Hackney Council rent hike threatens Centerprise
An iconic Dalston bookshop and cultural centre may have to close if a new lease fails to be agreed
Hackney Council defends CLR James library ‘Starbucks cafe’ decision
‘It’s not a Starbucks’ says Hackney Council, but admits the cafe will sell Starbucks coffee and other Starbucks products
Archaeology of Urban Time: Drawing Dalston
The Hackney Citizen meets Alexandra Blum, an artist with an engrossing perspective of Dalston’s redevelopment
Hackney Council to evict Dalston squatters
A squat in St Mark’s Rise is the latest in a string of properties to be emptied by bullish housing chiefs
Dalston photo exhibition captures backstreet Delhi life
Father and son photographers document Indian city life from the 1950s to the 1970s
Shacklewell Arms gets new hands
Uber-cool DJs, top bands and ‘secret’ performances have transformed an old-style music pub. The Citizen meets those behind the change
Turkish shopkeepers stand firm against rioters in Dalston
Local Turkish community successfully defends its shops and businesses and chases potential looters away
Hackney Council advises Dalston traders to shut up shop as riot fears hit businesses hard
Shopkeepers and stallholders tell the Citizen how concerns over more civil unrest is affecting them
Twenty arrested in Dalston immigration and drugs swoop
A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridley Road and at Dalston Junction