Josh Loeb: Is nature healing?
The local journalist and animal lover on critter-spotting during lockdown, pubic lice (not from experience), the R rate for nits, and why rewilding shouldn’t be limited to the remotest parts of the UK
Life & Style
Peanut butters and Tokyo cherries: Hackney’s street trees are a balm for a city in crisis
According to author Paul Wood, who documents the capital’s trees, the borough ‘truly is London’s urban arboretum’
Posing questions: A day out at the Wonder Factory
A 15-room ‘experience’ that has popped up in Dalston seems designed to attract the Insta crowd. So what exactly is it?
‘Be the difference’ – New Year New You!
Volunteer Centre Hackney is calling for people to get involved in their communities, whether it’s for ‘an hour a week or an hour a month’
Hotpod Yoga – a yoga experience like no other, situated in the heart of London Fields
Try the first one on us – free first class for Hackney Citizen readers
At London's Death Cafés, mere mortals face the inevitable — over tea and cake
The meet-up group focussed on the topic of death has grown to prominence by facing one of life’s more awkward subjects: its end
At London’s Death Cafés, mere mortals face the inevitable — over tea and cake
The meet-up group focussed on the topic of death has grown to prominence by facing one of life’s more awkward subjects: its end
Hackney fashion: spring / summer 2012
The Hackney Citizen finds fashion keeping things sweet this season
Goodbye soggy chips: the rise and rise of Hackney street food
Forget synthetic hot-dogs and processed burgers – road-side grub is going gastro, and a new breed of on-the-move chefs are transforming what we eat after a night on the lash
Hackney designers showcase at Selfridges ‘Bright Young Things’
Hackney designers are causing a stir with a series of dramatic window displays at a major West End store