‘Stands out from the crowd’ – Hackney Citizen

‘Stands out from the crowd’ – Hackney Citizen

Photograph: Chris Dorley Brown / Nouveau Palais Chris Dorley Brown has been documenting our streets since the 1980s; now a selection of his photos has been collected in A History of the... Read more »
East London health boss Lorraine Sunduza awarded OBE – Hackney Citizen

East London health boss Lorraine Sunduza awarded OBE – Hackney Citizen

Lorraine Sunduza receives her OBE from the Princess Royal. Photograph: courtesy ELFT Local health boss Lorraine Sunduza has been awarded an OBE for her contribution to the NHS. Sunduza was appointed as... Read more »
Man with functional neurological disorder issues moving plea for better treatment in north-east London – Hackney Citizen

Man with functional neurological disorder issues moving plea for better treatment in north-east London – Hackney Citizen

George Bleakley addressed councillors via video link “Why is there no provision? Why is there no plan? Why is there nothing for people with FND in East London? Do we not matter?”... Read more »
East London’s first ever menopause café to open in Hoxton – Hackney Citizen

East London’s first ever menopause café to open in Hoxton – Hackney Citizen

WaterHouse Restaurant will host the café. Image: Google East London’s first ever menopause café is set to open in Hoxton next month – thanks to local residents. The café is a discussion... Read more »
Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery – Hackney Citizen

Artists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery – Hackney Citizen

Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore inside their centre. Photograph: Prudence Cuming With a new exhibition of LONDON PICTURES opening at The Gilbert & George Centre in Spitalfields, I dropped by for a... Read more »
Campaign to create East London’s first wild swimming pond launches petition to save land from developers – Hackney Citizen

Campaign to create East London’s first wild swimming pond launches petition to save land from developers – Hackney Citizen

The disused site that volunteers are hoping to purchase, captured using a drone. Photograph: Jonathan Perugia The team behind plans for East London’s first wild swimming pond has launched a petition to... Read more »
Sewage pollution: Citizen eco-warriors armed with budget shed tech patrol whiffy river frontline | UK News

Sewage pollution: Citizen eco-warriors armed with budget shed tech patrol whiffy river frontline | UK News

What can you do with varnish, plywood, a wheelbarrow inner tube and a solar panel not much bigger than a mobile phone? The answer, if you are a computer genius with a... Read more »
V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East is bringing museum artefacts into East London schools for first time ever – Hackney Citizen

V&A East visits a college in Walthamstow. Photograph: Primrose Films / courtesy V&A V&A East is bringing museum objects into London schools for the first time in the V&A’s history, through a... Read more »
Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure – Hackney Citizen

Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure – Hackney Citizen

A complex network of machinery separates dry mixed recycling. Photograph: Josh Mellor Much of what north Londoners view as trash is to others a “valuable product” bringing in millions of profit each... Read more »
Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone – Hackney Citizen

Crowdfunder for East London’s first wild swimming pond reaches important milestone – Hackney Citizen

The land the charity is hoping to buy up. Photograph: East London Waterworks Park A crowdfunder for London’s first community-owned natural swimming pond has reached a major milestone, hitting the 40 per... Read more »