Short films about dating culture and a boy’s religious struggles provide diverse portraits of the East for this year’s BFI extravaganza
Activist artists take on the housing crisis with exhibition at Hackney Downs Studios
Poetry hotshots spit out their rhymes in a battle for poetry supremacy in Octagon at the Arcola
The Yard’s run of demanding and socially perceptive plays continues with Brenda
After the Fall at Red Gallery revisits the unique art and dance music scene of post-Wall Berlin
What self-respecting photography lover would look further than East London this month?
Nostalgia for the decade of Dallas and denim jackets was a recurring theme for East London designers at London Fashion Week
Star’s strict religious upbringing on an East London estate proved the catalyst for her new TV comedy in which nothing is off limits
The London Fields Free Film Festival and Let’s All Be Free return this month
Acoustic gigs on the first Sunday of each month showcase the talents of local musicians
Arebyte, Doomed and Transition Gallery are among the galleries taking part in three-day festival across East and South London
Future of arts organisation secured after financial dispute with Tower Hamlets Council is resolved
