'Hackney boy' Asif Kapadia nominated for Oscar for Amy Winehouse documentary
‘Our aim was to show the real Amy – and in that way I think we succeeded,’ says director of Amy, which is up for Best Documentary Feature
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‘Hackney boy’ Asif Kapadia nominated for Oscar for Amy Winehouse documentary
‘Our aim was to show the real Amy – and in that way I think we succeeded,’ says director of Amy, which is up for Best Documentary Feature
Vocal Constructivists: the Stoke Newington choir with a graphic approach to music
Experiemntal ensemble is out to prove there’s more than one way to read music
Hackney Colliery Band releases 'Heroes' as East London mourns Bowie
Ska version of Bowie classic and rousing rendition of ‘Starman’ by primary school pupils are among local tributes to the late great musician
Hackney Colliery Band releases ‘Heroes’ as East London mourns Bowie
Ska version of Bowie classic and rousing rendition of ‘Starman’ by primary school pupils are among local tributes to the late great musician
Women: New Portraits exhibition by Annie Leibovitz opens this week in East London
Wapping Hydraulic Power Station to host exhibition comprising old and newly-commissioned work by the celebrated photographer
Playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz: 'I think the fear of the outsider is still present'
The Oscar-winning co-writer of Ida returns to the Arcola with Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, a play about one of the last witch trials in England
Why Homerton Hospital art room is the picture of good health
Pioneering art workshops are helping those with brain injuries and dementia take control of their lives whilst accessing an ‘unknown universe of creative potential’
How two authors attempted to exhaust a place in London
Two authors spent a weekend in a Hackney square and wrote down everything they saw there in homage to an experiment by French writer Georges Perec
East London collective Assemble become first 'non-artists' to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
East London collective Assemble become first ‘non-artists’ to win the Turner Prize
Stratford-based group collects prestigious award for its project that blurs the boundary between art and architecture
Jack and the Beanstalk, Hackney Empire, review: hilariously silly and mischievous
This year’s Hackney Empire pantomime reimagines Jack and the Beanstalk as a climate change fable
Hackney Propaganda: a look at 19th century working men's clubs
A pamphlet first published by Centerprise explores working class political life in Victorian Hackney
Hackney Propaganda: a look at 19th century working men’s clubs
A pamphlet first published by Centerprise explores working class political life in Victorian Hackney
Mayor 'deeply shocked' at plans to close the Cass
Petition gathers momentum against relocating art school, described as the ‘Aldgate Bauhaus’, out of East London
Mayor ‘deeply shocked’ at plans to close the Cass
Petition gathers momentum against relocating art school, described as the ‘Aldgate Bauhaus’, out of East London