A Good Day to Die Hard – review
Bruce Willis stars in another installment of the Die Hard franchise
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Spit Jack’s – a taste of Spain
Sarah Gill samples the authentic and reasonably priced tapas at Spit Jack’s
Eight Days A Week – Fades to Valentine pink
Punk rock outfit The Fades get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with double A-side single
Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon? – review
Simon Okotie’s novel concerns a mysterious disappearance and an absurdly pedantic investigator
Prophesy – prophets and loss of love
A young Paris and Helen of Troy are lead characters in Prophesy, a play intent on going against the theatrical grain
Lincoln – review
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a great performance in Steven Spielberg’s latest picture
Mare Rider – review
Arcola co-founder Leyla Nazli’s new play has echoes of The Master and Margarita’s magical realism
London Bridge in America by Travis Elborough – review
Book on the old London Bridge blows urban myths about its 1960s sale out of the water
Local history in fiction: London E1 and Haque – reviews
Ellie Broughton reviews Robert Poole’s republished novella London E1 and looks at a new anthology of local writing
Unknown Heroine – Sanja Ivekovic at Calvert 22
Socialism, gender and political unrest are key themes in an exhibition by this Croatian artist
Django Unchained – review
Quentin Tarantino returns with a quirky western starring Jamie Foxx as freed slave Django
Greedy Cow – review
Burgers and other meaty treats are the mainstays of this East London eatery
The Master and Margarita – review
Mikhail Bulgakov’s ‘unstageable’ masterpiece at the Barbican
Dramas and Dissent – ‘Stokey’ distilled
The editor of Stoke Newington’s N16 Magazine has published a book of the publication’s ‘greatest hits’