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)
Companion book to online ‘archive’ of images documenting East End is unsurprisingly served better by its images than by the accompanying text
Russell Frost is championing the revival of a form of printing used for hundreds of years
Young fashion designer Phoebe English talks about life in Hackney, the development of her brand and what the future holds for her
Hackney writer’s helpline-inspired short film The Phone Call is an emotional tear jerker
