An exhibition and book by photographer Phil Maxwell show how one of East London’s most famous streets has evolved across the decades
Play tackles subject of ‘paupers’ funerals’
The death industry and the consequences of dying alone without dependents is the focus of a new play to be staged this month at the Red Gallery in Shoreditch
Roy Williams to make return to East London with new play Kingston 14
The playwright is back at Stratford East with a play that explores corruption in Jamaica with Goldie in a starring role
Hitchcock’s East End
The director’s links with East London are well known but until recently little celebrated
Stephen Willats – conceptual art that is socially and politically relevant
Archive display shows how pioneering conceptual artist Stephen Willats engaged socially and politically with the world around him
Rare photographs show East End life 100 years ago
Photographs by the enigmatic C.H. Mathews are on display for the first time at Eleven Spitalfields Gallery
Painting the past in Another Country exhibition
Artists explore themes of memory, travel and dislocation in exhibition at new Bow Arts-run gallery
Krista Papista – the sound of ‘sordid pop’
Dark lyrics and searing beats are just two features of Dalston-based artist Krista Papista’s ecclectic sound
Pie-oneers of fast food
Childhood memories of pie mash shops led George Steptoe to make a documentary about them