Neurodiverse artists star in ‘compelling’ online photography exhibition
Leon Foggitt’s portraits for Submit to Love, a programme run by brain injury charity Headway East London, have been shared by Shoreditch gallery Autograph ABP
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Photography 2020, London Metropolitan University, exhibition review: ‘Dislocation, distortion and fragmented identities’
The university’s annual showcase of final-year photography projects has ‘glided gracefully online’
Londonia, Kate A. Hardy, book review: ‘Boisterous humour and quirky invention’
If you think coronavirus feels like an alternate reality, sink into this ‘delicious’ post-apocalyptic thriller set in Hackney
East End Canal Tales, Carolyn Clark, book review: ‘Rare glimpse of a bygone world’
Dozens of photos and snippets from horse-drivers, lock keepers and others feature in this social history of East London’s major waterways
Darling, it’s not only about sex, Alain Brémond-Torrent, book review: ‘An idiosyncratic insight into Hackney’s creative scene’
Are you hoping to read more widely during the coronavirus lockdown? Look no further than this self-published local novel
Coronavirus: Read your way through the streets of Hackney
With Hackney under lockdown, now is a great time to explore the borough through a good book. Here’s a selection to get you started…
Sharif Persaud: Have You Ever Had, Autograph ABP: ‘Fake sneezing, gangrene – a fascination with the corporeal’
The autistic artist’s first solo show is the revealing culmination of a three-year project on neurodiversity
We Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’
Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all
Radical Figures, Whitechapel Gallery: ‘Anxious interrogation of the 21st-century condition’
A collection of works by ten contemporary painters explores themes such as gender discrimination, racism, violence and dislocation
Jack Left Town, Rosemary Branch, stage review: ‘Deft, jaw-achingly funny improv’
Four comedians channel Spinal Tap in an unscripted show that is ‘well worth a visit’
Dialogue in the Dark, Space Studios: ‘An hour in total darkness that helps us appreciate different forms of awareness’
A new immersive exhibition on Mare Street enables sighted people to experience what it is like to live with a visual impairment
An Opinionated Guide to Vegan London, Hoxton Mini Press: ‘Highly informative digest of animal-free eating’
The volume features mouth-watering photos, and the section on east London is ‘by far the bulkiest’
The Duchess of Malfi, Almeida Theatre: ‘High-octane take on a surprisingly modern play’
John Webster’s early 17th century classic is an ‘object lesson in the iniquity of restrictions on a woman’s sexual conduct’
The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican Theatre, stage review: ‘Gender reversal offers an ingenious twist’
Justin Audibert’s ‘inside-out version’ of Shakespeare’s classic is ‘highly enjoyable’
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane, Paul Trevor: ‘Camaraderie of the East End during a period of strife’
One of the leading photographers of local street life takes us back to Spitalfields in the 70s and 80s with this new collection
Atlas of Vanishing Places, Travis Elborough, book review: ‘For the budding explorer and armchair traveller alike’
The Hackney author’s companion book to last year’s Atlas of the Unexpected explores worlds ‘savaged by nature, humanity or both’