Victoria Hume – songs of the psyche
Victoria Hume explores complex mental conditions using music
interview
Nasir Mazhar – Eastern peaks
The Hackney Citizen speaks to East London milliner and king of re-worked sportswear, Nasir Mazhar
Toodar – a flood of success
Hackney-based ‘deeply personal pop’ duo Toodar emerged from the wreckage of a flooded basement
Kicking up a musical storm – Miranda Quammie launches Tempest
Miranda Quammie’s début album Tempest uses folk and classical influences to examine notions of identity
Famous atheist’s ungodly guide – interview with Alom Shaha
The Hackney Citizen catches up with Alom Shaha, author of The Young Atheist’s Handbook
Another side of Hackney – My Brother the Devil
My Brother the Devil is no average portrayal of an East London council estate. The Hackney Citizen talks to the film’s director, Sally El Hosaini
Silicon students start up at Hackney University Technical College
Principal Annie Blackmore says opportunity for vocational training and work experience through the new UTC is second to none
Sweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Interview: filmmaker Cavan Clerkin on Nice Guy
Cavan Clerkin talks about his independently-made crime drama which recently premiered at the East End Film Festival
Rudimental – dance music with a Hackney soul
The quartet of former youth workers are set for mainstream success with their feelgood blends
Dele Osunsami – a poet for the facebook generation
Dele Osunsami’s gift for poetry was discovered after he started posting his work online. The Hackney Citizen finds out more about the man behind the rhymes
Interview: director Paul Davies on A Clockwork Orange
The Hackney Citizen talks to Paul Davies, director of a new stage version of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange at the Arcola Theatre
Hackney writer Jane Harris makes Orange Prize longlist
The Hackney Citizen catches up with local novelist Jane Harris, whose latest novel has been attracting the attention of awards committees
Interview: Gareth Evans on Patience (After Sebald)
Grant Gee’s new documentary traces WG Sebald’s footsteps on the Suffolk coast walk that inspired his greatest novel, The Rings of Saturn. The Citizen meets the film’s co-producer, Gareth Evans