Mary Barnes became a successful painter following therapy for schizophrenia in the 1960s. A new exhibition looks at a crucial five-year period in her work
The Narrow Way is going upmarket with the arrival of a Japanese noodle soup restaurant and bar
East London menswear designers went to town with costume and make-believe at London Collections: Men
Terminal cancer is the subject of new musical Happy Ending
Snow in Paradise is an East End gangster film based on the true story of screenwriter Martin Askew
Lost in Thought is based on an extended meditation and sees performers and audience members do yoga, eat and wash up
Bow Arts-run prize offers East London painters the chance to win £10,000 and a solo exhibition
Transition Gallery is to be decked out with dildos and fetish objects for Sex Shop exhibition
Two Hackney artists are the latest to announce they are running for Parliament. We speak to them about their political ambitions
Playwright Kay Adshead talks about giving a generation of forgotten, ignored and deleted women protesters a voice in her play The Singing Stones
The Singing Stones carries an important message about the plight of women during the Arab Spring but suffers from a lack of structure
Enjoy one of four special Valentine’s Day cocktails when you celebrate your evening At Yum Yum
