Eight-piece Ibibio Sound Machine fuse Ghanaian highlife with disco, funk and analogue synths. Ahead of performing at Walthamstow Garden Party, singer Eno Williams talks about their debut album, Nigerian folk tales and why she chooses to sing in the Nigerian Ibibio language
Viv Albertine of The Slits talks about being an original punk, band life and living for the moment
Wilfred Owen poem provides inspiration for a group painting exhibition at Canal project space
Rich Mix exhibition is the fruit of year-long project aiming to break down negative stereotypes
Thurston Moore curates exhibition celebrating 100 years since the birth of William S. Burroughs
Among the 100 features and 80 short films shown during last month’s East End Film Festival a trio of films stood out
Photographs by Bob Mazzer look into the lives of commuters and remind us how much the public transport system has changed
A persecuted Iraqi refugee arrives in Britain in search of a new start in Rashid Razaq’s The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes at the Arcola Theatre
Dakar-based contemporary African artist Issa Samb is exhibiting in Shoreditch gallery Iniva until 26 July
Octogenarian Harvey Gould takes East London filmmaking duo Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim on a trip of the Soho of his youth for their new documentary
American jazz fusion pianist and composer Chick Corea took to the stage at the Barbican last month
Food historian Gillian Riley recounts the curious history of the ‘roll with a hole’ and visits some of East London’s popular bagel bakeries (all in the name of research)
