Pieces of Hackney Snippets of life from the London borough

Hot off the Press

In Media on 4 December 2008 tagged hackney citizen, newspapers with 1 comment

Spotted on the 254 bus. Hackney Citizen is an “an independent community newspaper, with a keen eye on the topical, irreverent and interesting.”

Catching Leaves

In Spotted on 2 December 2008 tagged art, london fields with no comments

Perfect for catching leaves. On London Fields, behind the hut near the eastern entrance.

I ♥ Hackney

In Spotted on 1 December 2008 tagged hackney central, i heart hackney, signs, town hall with no comments

Jim’s Cafe

In Spotted on 30 November 2008 tagged chatsworth road, homerton, photography, shops with no comments

More at London Shop Fronts.

Banned in Hackney

In Media on 22 October 2008 tagged books, censorship, olympics with no comments

Iain Sinclair writes in today’s Guardian about being banned from a reading of his new book about Hackney’s history. Having written an essay questioning the Olympic legacy, the council retracted its invitation to read from Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire in the council’s libraries

Challenged, the council shifted its ground: I was controversial. Controversy was not allowed in libraries. There could, presumably, be no discussion of stem-cell research or Afghanistan. And Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire fell into that category. A conclusion Hackney was miraculously able to reach without reading a line of a book that won’t be published for another three months.

Controversial author, writing about my local area? Add to basket.

Mouse Door

In Spotted on 28 September 2008 tagged hackneywick, pubs with no comments

Spotted whilst snooping around Hackney Wick. A little door, outside a derelict pub.

Wheels

In Spotted on 27 September 2008 tagged cycling, londonfields, videos with no comments

A quick spin through a beautiful London Fields on a sunny Friday.

Crowd

In Spotted on 26 September 2008 tagged art, graffiti with no comments

Spotted just outside the borough, near Hackney City Farm. There’s more.

Sound Designs

In Media on 16 September 2008 tagged hackneypodcast with no comments

The third Hackney Podcast is out, and once again it’s wonderful.

Francesca Panetta visits Cafe OTO, the new music venue in Dalston run by Hamish Dunbar and Keiko Yamamoto, and meets one of their regular performers, Atsuko Kamura. After a lesson in brake tuning at bicycle cafe Lock 7 and a bell-themed sonic adventure along the Regent’s Canal, we conclude with an architectural tour of one of London’s key post-war social housing developments, Woodberry Down, with the Twentieth Century Society’s Suzanne Waters.

Gasometers

In Spotted on 15 September 2008 tagged cambridgeheath, gasometers, regentscanal with 1 comment

Spotted on Flickr. Taken by Dave Gorman from Regent’s Canal.