Michael Rosen: How parents can be a child’s best teacher
With a new book out, poet Michael Rosen talks about his teaching strategies for parents
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Two painters join forces for Whitechapel exhibition
Whitechapel’s Idea Store gallery is holding an exhibition by award-winning painters Brian Cheeswright and Ed Hill
Protesters to rally in Hackney over US trade deal
National day of action against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a free trade deal between Europe and the USA
Anti-Semitic crime rate in Hackney second highest in London
Jewish charity CST says this Summer saw ‘significant increase’ in anti-Semitic incidents across London
Child kidnapper arrested after escaping from mental health unit in Homerton
54 year-old Shane Hart arrested in Watford after absconding from John Howard Centre
Oxjam to 'take over' Dalston and Shoreditch this month
This weekend Dalston venues have an Oxjam-packed programme of live music and gigs for annual Oxjam festival
A long way from home: Sudanese artist highlights plight of a displaced population
Tortured and uprooted, Anwar Elsamani counts himself lucky among migrants
The ideas man: Michael Rosen urges parents to take teaching into their own hands
The former Children’s Laureate talks to the Citizen about the joy of learning and the misery of politics
Educating the East End – top class drama
A programme about education or tear-jerking soap opera? We speak to the stars of Channel 4’s Educating the East End
‘It’s ok to be angry’: Hackney campaigner honoured
Meet the Hackney stalwart on a lifelong mission to save the NHS
Tireless campaigner Hamdy Shahein completes ‘arduous’ charity walk
62 year-old newsagent completes another fundraising feat
Festival of Latin American theatre to go ahead this month in East London
Theatre makers from across South America will be descending on East London for the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
Black Chronicles II exhibition review: Excavating black history
Portraits of the first black people to be photographed in Britain, unseen for 120 years, feature in a new exhibition
Exhibition review – (detail) at Transition Gallery
Work from more than 100 international artists is displayed in miniature at London Fields-based gallery
Ghost from a Perfect Place – review: 'Just the right level of dystopian horror'
Philip Ridley play has lost none of its sinister brilliance in the twenty years since its first production
Titbits — Bromsgrove beckoning, Mayoral rumours and playing away
Exodus of talent as Islington gets riot play, Bromsgrove snatches Tom Ebbutt and rumours abound over Mayor Pipe’s next move