Crime is of the essence: Where now for the East End gangster flick?
From The Krays to Snatch, East London has provided inspiration for countless films about organised crime, but as local identity shifts is it time to consign the genre to history?
East End Review
Stephen Gill: Conceptual chronicler
Photographer Stephen Gill captures East London like it’s never been seen before
Fetishising East London's past
Why is there such a fascination for ‘grit and squalor’ representations of East London’s history?
Akiine: dream-pop from rural Stockholm
Akiine channels ‘otherworldly feelings’ in her unorthodox approach to music making
Bacchus review – Roasts with the most
Simplicity is key at new kitchen specialising in Sunday roasts
The Planner- review
A town planner is seduced into a life of decadence in Tom Campbell’s satire on modern urban life
Fuchsia Dunlop: the land of plenty and me
Dalston’s resident expert in Chinese food Fuchsia Dunlop talks about falling in love with Sichuan cuisine and how to make it yourself
The Morning Star: black, white and red all over
Communist newspaper The Morning Star is continuing to take the fight to capitalism from its base in Hackney Wick
Wave Caps: Former hack turns poet
Poet and journalist Miguel Cullen talks about his debut collection Wave Caps
Boom time for radio in East London
Hyperlocal radio is on the increase in East London with a slew of stations catering for niche audiences
Newton Dunbar: 'The New Four Aces is wherever I play'
After running iconic Dalston club The Four Aces, Newton Dunbar has now reinvented himself as a reggae DJ
Life of Justin Fashanu remembered in song
Debut single by Elephant and Castles commemorates the life of Hackney-born footballer Justin Fashanu
'Too much silence around FGM perpetuates the tradition'
Director Alex Crampton talks about Little Stitches, four short plays about female genital mutilation, to be performed in three London theatres, including the Arcola, this month
Hackney WickED celebrates community of artists
Annual art festival returned this month with performance art, exhibitions, open studios and street food galore
Dalston's Grimeborn festival is underway
It’s the time of the season for alternative opera at the Arcola with annual Grimeborn festival
Secret Cinema: Back to the Future review – a party for the fans
Fictional town of Hill Valley is brought to life by impressive 1950s set and actors larking about as jocks and nerds