Plans for second Mossbourne Academy approved after architects are sent back to drawing board
Project was adapted to take on board concerns and will help meet growing demand says schools chief
Ella Jessel
Chat-up line advice from local Oiimysize Project
Dream Arts programme warns teenagers against ‘threatening’ approaches
Hackney novelist Kerry Hudson warns children are ‘still slipping through net’
Writer says pressure to get into good quality primary schools results in ‘ghettoisation’
Tony Hogan Bought Me An Ice Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma’ – review
You can almost smell the chip grease as you turn the pages of Hackney author Kerry Hudson’s gritty novel
Urswick School bans packed lunches
Free school meals offered instead following controversial advice picked up in bid to boost healthy eating
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Academy – review
Shakespeare’s comedic tale of love played out against soundtrack featuring Taylor Swift
Skin Tight at Park Theatre – preview
Relationship issues are unpacked with explosive intensity in a new show by Epsilon Productions
Artist Nick Sellek’s toy town vistas present scaled down versions of East End streets
Less than bucolic miniature landscapes on show at Darnley Gallery reflect his fascination with gritty urban architecture
A-board ban bad for business, say traders hit by council fines
Town Hall confirms it is writing to shops and cafes about pavement ‘obstacles’ – but faces charges of hypocrisy for its own adverts on boards
The Picture of Dorian Gray at the White Rabbit Cocktail Club – review
Wilde’s tale is reimagined in suitably decadent surroundings by Second Skin Theatre Company
Israel on reel: Israeli Film and Television Festival Seret comes to PictureHouse
Gala night features quirky ‘falafel western’ Ballad of the Weeping Spring