Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Arcola is given a youthful focus with the casting of comic duo Totally Tom
Graduate Fashion Week saw a budding generation of designers and fashion graduates present their wares to the fashion loving public in the heart of the East End
John Barker found notoriety as a member of the Angry Brigade, an urban guerilla group based in Stoke Newington which undertook a bombing campaign during the 1970s. Having served his time, he is now an author with a new book about drugs and 1980s capitalism
Feminist campaigner and journalist Laura Bates will be retracing childhood memories by returning to Hackney to talk at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival this month
Moving nudes and serene landscapes are among the works on display at Cock ‘n’ Bull gallery’s latest show
Adaptation of The Merchant of Venice at the Rosemary Branch theatre explores the complexity and humanity behind one of Shakespeare’s most controversial characters
George Orwell spent a few months early in his career living rough in East London. Sixty-five years after the publication of his masterpiece 1984, the East End Review revisits the streets that influenced his writing to see what – if anything – has changed
From its rivers to its lidos and heated pools, London boasts its fair share of places to go swimming
Efendi describes itself as a neighbourhood kitchen, with a menu of everyday Turkish staples
June sees the return of festival Field Day in Victoria Park, now a two-day event. Metronomy, Blood Orange, Neneh Cherry and Pixies are all confirmed as playing
Shoreditch eatery Bones has a mantra of stripped back quality grub
Holding intimate gigs in unusual spaces is the concept behind Sofar Sounds
