Barbican’s Palestinian Film Festival helps spread new understanding of troubled land
Eclectic offerings dispel media portrayals defined by victimhood and struggle
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‘I’m a choir starter’: Hannah Brine says all are welcome at Victoria Park Singers
Conductor’s community singing group meets once a week in Royal Inn pub
How singer Lovelace’s American adventure got tied up in Hackney
Musician’s New World odyssey comes via East End
Rise of Olympic boxer Harry Mallin the subject of new film The Wilderness
Story of middleweight who clinched gold in 1920 and 1924 to be told on silver screen
Stands Alone – life in former Arsenal football stadium is a different ball game
New exhibition at Geffrye Museum tells of strangely muted atmosphere at Highbury Stadium Square
MEATmission – review
Unholy gluttony at Hoxton restaurant serving ‘Dead Hippie’ burgers in converted church
Street Feast night food market opens on Kingsland Road
Moveable feast at temporary eating extravaganza
Bleeding Hearts Circus at Hoxton Hall – preview
The day job is no barrier for Airealism’s performance artists
The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes! at Hoxton Hall – review
Arthur Conan-Doyle’s best loved detective gets a Victorian musical hall makeover
Painter Liam Ryan’s ‘cosmic soup’ works on display at Protovision show
Residence Gallery exhibition reveals full-on sensory experience spawned by artist’s imagination
Chekhov’s Sons Without Fathers – review
An early Chekhov play that opens this month at the Arcola may surprise fans of the Russian dramatist
Blue Murder at Hang-Up Gallery – review
Exhibition attacking Conservative ideology includes Banksy-style portraits of the PM printed on the Financial Times
Walk down a Well-trodden street
Hackney’s Well Street has long been a hub for local business and is where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade
Benefit claims fall yet more people are without work
Figures give mixed message about the economic situation of many Hackney residents
Give bees a chance
Our lives depend on the winged insects, say groups creating a buzz about them