Bloc Party are back with a changed line-up and new album, which they debuted live last month. Is it time to give them another chance?
A Traveller’s Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters – review
Samuel Pepys, Herman Melville and Christopher Columbus among the authors of a fascinating compendium of travel writing, co-compiled by Travis Elborough
Short film Cosmico takes a swipe at organised religion
Promising animation by Bethnal Green director doesn’t discriminate with its criticism
Lost in the City: photographs of London’s office workers
Photographer Nicholas Sack captures a stark world of alienation and testosterone in Lost in the City
‘Breaking’ the January mould: Hackney Wick warehouse to hold dance jam party
Head to Stour Space this Saturday to catch world-class breakdancing
Forge & Co, Joyeux Bordel, reviews: high life on Shoreditch High Street
Indulging doesn’t have to stop in January, as Mina Miller heads to Shoreditch for baked Alaska at Forge & Co followed by cocktails at Joyeux Bordel
Escocesa, Stoke Newington, review: Scottish tapas is a must-try
Seafood from the Scottish highlands makes for quality – and affordable – tapas at new Stoke Newington restaurant Escocesa
Space Studios is ‘reclaiming the future’ from developers
A banner covering the facade of the Mare Street arts organisation is part of an exhibition and installation that invites us to ask what the future looks like
‘Should be a right laugh’ – Sleaford Mods among new acts confirmed for Field Day
Other newly-confirmed acts include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, noise-rock quartet Girl Band and Gold Panda
Get the Picture: Harun Farocki – Parallel I-IV (2012-2014)
As part of a regular series, Giuseppe Marasco takes a close look at a work of art on display in East London. This month it’s an installation by avant-garde artist Harun Farocki charting the evolution of computer game graphics