Unlike some of the other candidates contesting the Hackney North & Stoke Newington Parliamentary seat, Alessandra Williams was not a name most people in Hackney were familiar with when she announced she would be contesting the parliamentary seat. Other than her tweets on Twitter and her face book messages, there has been little coverage about […]
So Alessandra Williams a prospective independent parliamentary candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington, resides in leafy, stockbroker belt Reigate Surrey – nowhere close to East London and definitely not in Hackney. While it’s not uncommon for prospective MPs to eye constituencies far from their homes, Hackney Hive, most visitors to this site and I, […]
You wonder why it’s taken so long to happen. An area like Stoke Newington long associated with dissidents, free thinkers, writers, artists, bohemians and all in-between. Wonder no more, Stoke Newington now has it’s very own Literary Festival or at least it will this summer, thanks to Liz Vater of Stoke Newington, Jo Adams of Stoke Newington Books and […]
Barrister and criminologist, Alessandra Williams announced in March she would be running, for what has become Diane Abbott’s very comfy cozy safe seat for 23 years. Ms Williams of Stoke Newington is a single mother of two boys, a 16 year old and 22 year old. She has worked in the private, public and voluntary […]
I caught up with Diane Abbott who was kind enough to spare a few minutes answering some questions for Hackney Hive, and I’m happy to report that like me, the incumbent Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour MP, lets off a few F bombs when needed. 1) What was the deciding factor that made you run […]
I figured with just 10 days left until voting day, Matt Sellwood, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, as well as council candidate for Clissold ward, had outlined all the the Green Parties key issues enough times, so I cut him some slack and instead asked Matt a few of my […]
Ghosts of the future await the great unveiling. Walking amongst these strangely shrouded structures is like being up close to the clouds that seem to form shapes, but are really just a fleeting transition between two states. We catch a glimpse of a world that is a by-product of some other more purposeful process. What […]
Family and friends of Godwin Lawson, will march on Sunday 25 April, to remember him, build up awareness to the recent spate of stabbings amongst young people in the capital and to convince young people to leave “knives in the kitchen”. Lawson 17, died in the early hours of Saturday, March 27 after he was […]
A third man was arrested Wednesday 21 April in connection with the shooting death of Agnes Sina Inakoju. He is in custody at a central London police station. Another man, Leon Dunkley 21 of Clapton E5, appeared at Westminster Magistrate Court on Tuesday 20 April charged with the murder of Agnes Sina- Inakoju who was […]
Earlier this week, Hackney’s decision to exclude Andrew Boffs election address, had the Tory mayoral candidate non too pleased with Hackney council. The conservative mayoral candidate for Hackney claims his election address which was to appear in a Mayoral election booklet, to be sent out by Hackney council to all voters, was rejected because of […]
