Our French reviewer visits Stoke Newington restaurant Oui Madame to see how it compares to the bistrots back home
A Clapton boxer fights to escape the ‘goldfish bowl’ of his existence in Anna Whitwham’s debut novel Boxer Handsome
Gillian Riley goes back centuries to discover the spiritual origins of Turkish barbecue
Acute observations of city life and the author’s poised prose style accompany tale of love, loneliness and trafficking split between Russia and Dalston
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was founded in 1570 and is the UK’s oldest manufacturing company
Nine international artists to offer their unique perspectives at In the City exhibition
Lenny Henry stars in play of radio comedy in which three generations of a family try to stop developers from turning their record shop into a supermarket
Child rearing anxiety, the meltdown of an obsessive Kate Bush fan, and a teacher who turns into a troll, all feature in Brave New Work season of one act plays
Noel Gibson’s paintings of East London have no people in them but record with affection its old buildings and streets
Always looking ahead, East London designers are set to unveil next year’s Spring-Summer collections
Whitechapel production company to run Food for Film initiative at screening of Mass E Bhat, a story about growing up in the slums of Bangladesh
Collaboration between Sam Lee and The Unthanks is inspired by lives and stories of generation that witnessed World War I
