The Hackney based songwriter once described as the “spirit of Bob Dylan for the twenty-first century” is on the cusp of releasing his first album in five years which he describes as a “story album about love in stolen moments”
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A Portrait of Hackney by Zed Nelson: ‘I hope the property developers don’t win’
Documentary photographer Zed Nelson talks about saving the world, laughing at hipsters and the metamorphosis of one of London’s poorest boroughs
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David Salle exhibition – paintings of a postmodern master
Maureen Paley gallery in Shoreditch holds exhibition of paintings by David Salle, a member of the influential ‘Pictures Generation’
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Chris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat review
The Whitechapel Gallery’s retrospective of French filmmaker and artistic visionary Chris Marker is a celebration of a provocative and sprawling body of work
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Billy Childish and Sweet Toof to exhibit at New Voices in Hackney exhibition
BL-NK in Shoreditch is the venue for charity exhibition featuring some of the most distinctive artists in East London and beyond
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My Name Is… review: From the trance of young dreams to an angry separation
The true story of a painful separation that led to media claims of kidnapping and religious fundamentalism is the subject of Sudha Buchar’s play My Name Is… at the Arcola
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Music journalism bootcamp: June – July 2014
This six-week evening course with The Journalism School covers feature and reviews writing, pitching and blagging, interview techniques, subbing, contacts building, and law for music journalism. Starts Monday 9 June 2014
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Jeremy Hunter photographs to go on display at Shoreditch gallery
Serial chronicler to exhibit 35 years of photographs of rites, rituals and festivals exploring the world’s diversity
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Wild and Woolly craft shop opens in Lower Clapton
Owner Anna Feldman has swapped web design for knitting needles
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Waiting for Godot to get modern makeover for Arcola production
Samuel Beckett’s best known play comes to the Arcola this month with comedy duo Totally Tom in the starring roles