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The Arcola Theatre launches supporter scheme
New initiative will help fund the theatre while providing a range of benefits for supporters
Living the highlife: Ibibio Sound Machine gear up for Walthamstow Garden Party
Eight-piece Ibibio Sound Machine fuse Ghanaian highlife with disco, funk and analogue synths. Ahead of performing at Walthamstow Garden Party, singer Eno Williams talks about their debut album, Nigerian folk tales and why she chooses to sing in the Nigerian Ibibio language
Viv Albertine: ‘If I’m not passionate I won’t do it’
Viv Albertine of The Slits talks about being an original punk, band life and living for the moment
'Strange meeting' of painters at Haggerston Riviera exhibition
Wilfred Owen poem provides inspiration for a group painting exhibition at Canal project space
Shoreditch ISP takes legal action against GCHQ over mass surveillance
GreenNet part of international collective taking government intelligence agency to court over allegations of network spying
Bow Traveller children photograph their community in face of Crossrail development
Rich Mix exhibition is the fruit of year-long project aiming to break down negative stereotypes
William Burroughs in Hackney: photographs of Beat writer go on display at Red Gallery
Thurston Moore curates exhibition celebrating 100 years since the birth of William S. Burroughs
East End Film Festival – three films that stood out
Among the 100 features and 80 short films shown during last month’s East End Film Festival a trio of films stood out
London Underground photographs on display at Howard Griffin Gallery
Photographs by Bob Mazzer look into the lives of commuters and remind us how much the public transport system has changed
The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes – preview
A persecuted Iraqi refugee arrives in Britain in search of a new start in Rashid Razaq’s The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes at the Arcola Theatre
Beyond Caring zeros in on zero-hours contracts
A group of cleaners in a meat factory is the backdrop for Beyond Caring which looks at the impact of zero-hours contracts
Hundreds attend protest over funding cuts to GP surgeries
65th birthday of the NHS marked by rally in London Fields
Carousel review – musical reimaginings
The Arcola’s production of Carousel sets the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical during the Great Depression
Critics slam cash for free schools as education budget faces the axe
Town Hall should maintain role in ensuring school standards, urges Mayor and teachers’ union
Titbits – The ‘detour’ de France, gentrificleansing and World Cup cartography
After hipsterfication and shoreditchification, now ‘gentrificleansing’ enters Hackney – unlike Tour de France which only makes cameo appearance