Food historian Gillian Riley looks at the provenance of Vietnamese food and offers recipes and tips on how to make it at home
Nice ticket if you can get it. Alexander McQueen’s must-see retrospective takes the V&A by storm
London’s only vegan tattoo studio offers body art for the ethically-minded
Jago serves up inventive small plates in a space age setting
The Wash on Well Street is a coffee drinker’s cafe with a community focus
1970s photography collective feature in History is Now exhibition at the Hayward Gallery
Set The Thames on Fire is a dark, fantastical vision of East London starring the likes of Noel Fielding and Sally Phillips
This collection of artists’ collections including those of Andy Warhol and Peter Blake, is fascinating though by its very definition a mixed bag
There’s a series of events going on all over East London to mark Women’s History Month
Playwright Philip Ridley talks about his new play Radiant Vermin, moving house – and why his provocateur reputation is undeserved
Harry Melling’s Peddling is about a pedlar boy trudging the doorsteps of the wealthy trying to make sense of life
Roy Williams’ adaptation of Antigone at Stratford East places the play in a gangland setting
