Prophesy – prophets and loss of love
A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain
Hackney Citizen
Field Day gets its acts together
Victoria Park’s annual Field Day festival is looking an increasingly enticing prospect for the May bank holiday, with a new set of acts now confirmed
Lincoln – review
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture
Mare Rider – review
Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism
History teaching in schools faces ‘whitewash’ warn Hackney politicians
Hackney MP Diane Abbott and Cllr Patrick Vernon sign open letter to Education Secretary Michael Gove to scrap National Curriculum reform
Post War Years to release new album Galapagos
Hackney band Post War Years have put their past as hard- up musicians behind them with a new album
Victorian frescoes discovered at Hoxton church
Religious art by son of Gothic Revival pioneer uncovered at St Monica’s Priory in Hoxton
London Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review
Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water
Hackney Friends of the Earth highlights air pollution problems
Air pollution is an invisible threat we should not hide from says local eco campaign group
Local history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing
Vanitas at Double Negative Darkroom – review
Victorian photography techniques are used in Double Negative Darkroom’s Vanitas exhibition
Unknown Heroine – Sanja Ivekovic at Calvert 22
Socialism, gender and political unrest are key themes in an exhibition by this Croatian artist
Decadence – The Transformation of Being: Marcos Juncal at Stour Space
New exhibition explores the surreal sculptures of local artist Marcos Juncal
Keeping it surreal – The Bride and the Bachelors at the Barbican
The Barbican’s Dancing Around Duchamp season features a major exhibition of work by the French iconoclast and related artists