Confusion as National Youth Theatre play Homegrown which focuses on lure of Islamic State pulled at the last minute
Homegrown is a site-specific play looking at community responses to extremism, with a focus on the three teenagers from Bethnal Green who left their homes to join Isis this year
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs
Food can be used to cure all kinds of emotional and physical problems, says Hackney-based macrobiotic chef
Oslo is going Dutch this month with the visit of The Ex, an influential group credited with introducing punk to Ethiopia
Playwright Julia Pascal hid her Jewish identity and ventured into the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem to find out what life is really like there
Craig David was the pop face of UK garage, selling eight million copies of his debut album. But his rapid rise to fame was followed by a dramatic fallout. Now he is back to put the record straight with a new project combining live performance with DJing and MCing
First time filmmaker Harry Macqueen scooped a Raindance nomination with Hinterland, a romantic road movie about navigating through your late twenties
Japanese restaurant Sushinoen may have cornered a surprisingly uncrowded market
Iain Sinclair’s latest book sees Hackney’s favourite psychogeographer walk the length of the London Overground to get acquainted with a version of the city about which he knew nothing
From the smell of petals to head massages, expect stimulatory overload at a performance of The Sensory Score
Bid to save neglected social housing development in Poplar threatened by the wrecking ball
