As the East London Comics and Arts Festival prepares to get underway, Phoebe Cooke explains her love for self-published ‘zines’ and where best to find them
Rift returns with an overnight production of Macbeth set in a secret location – rumoured to be an East London tower block
Sebastian Hofmann returns to the East End Film Festival this year as its director-in-residence and with a clear vision for the future of Mexican cinema
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
All manner of domestic and exotic creatures including live lion cubs were once for sale at Club Row live animal market
The Sony Portapak gave ordinary artists the ability to use video for the first time and a new exhibition shows how it became a potent tool for French feminist groups of the 1970s
Selection of David Bailey photographs at Daniel Blau gallery offer a glimpse into a rarely seen side of the photographer’s work
Public are invited to get on the E17 Art Trail which this year celebrates its tenth year
Nathan Eastwood scoops first annual award, but with such a strong shortlist East London was the real winner
Hackney Downs Studios to stage football-focused play recounting the experiences of street children in dance, poetry and music
What price does society pay to allow the middle classes to feel good about themselves? asks Sarah Daniels’ play showing at the Arcola
The year-long project to commemorate the writer’s seventieth birthday in which he chose 70 films to be screened across the capital ends this month
