US rapper was due to perform at Rinse Born & Bred festival in Haggerston Park, but has been told she’s no longer welcome after Twitter meltdown
Stephen Staunton started painting his ‘patchwork dramas of colour’ after he sustained a brain injury
Hackney gallery has been transformed into an artistic bird house
The complex power dynamics of Zimbabwe post-independence is the subject of a new play at the Arcola
Verbatim play tackles radicalisation and includes interviews with Muslim teenagers from East London
Innovative production brings Leo Butler’s stark vision of 21st century London to life in Boy at the Almeida
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Laplander Ulli Mattsson has penned an elegiac musical tribute to her homeland
Rebecca Mackenzie talks about writing her debut novel, synchronicity and growing up in an evangelical environment
Specialising in seafood, Lobster Bar is broadening the scope of Hackney Central’s ever burgeoning restaurant scene
An extraordinary tale of social exclusion, terrorism and oppression, Noughts and Crosses has now been adapted for the stage. Its director Cheryl Walker talks about black representation and why her performers are “not just actors”
Broadway Market meat specialists are expanding with a new pub and restaurant in Old Street
