The Stoke Newington opera singer who blurs the boundary between composition and performance
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East London Swimmers – for the love of London Fields Lido
Lido regulars pose for a collection of thoughts and images that celebrates the life affirming properties of swimming in the open air
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Inside Wilton’s Music Hall
Wilton’s Music Hall is one of East London’s hidden gems, with a history as checkered as the characters that used to frequent it
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Clapton street artist RUN given first solo exhibition
Mysterious muralist RUN to exhibit at Stoke Newington’s Hang-Up Gallery
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Hackney’s Finest hour?
Hackney’s Finest by Lord of the Rings director Chris Bouchard has already caused a stir with its graphic portrayal of drug dealers and criminality
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Your guide to the East London zine scene
As the East London Comics and Arts Festival prepares to get underway, Phoebe Cooke explains her love for self-published ‘zines’ and where best to find them
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All night Macbeth to be staged in East London
Rift returns with an overnight production of Macbeth set in a secret location – rumoured to be an East London tower block
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Riding a new wave: Mexican cinema comes to the East End Film Festival
Sebastian Hofmann returns to the East End Film Festival this year as its director-in-residence and with a clear vision for the future of Mexican cinema
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Brazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
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The history of Club Row live animal market
All manner of domestic and exotic creatures including live lion cubs were once for sale at Club Row live animal market