Secret Cinema to hold charity screening to protest against The Interview hackers
Filmgoers asked to wear dark suits and bring a gift to secret charity screening held simultaneously in East London, Rome and San Francisco
Russell Parton
Repairs leave Bow Mission mural damaged
Early work by iconic muralist Ray Walker has been dissected by two girders
Mother Goose review: a dame good show at Hackney Empire!
Clive Rowe and Sharon D. Clarke return to the cast for the Hackney Empire panto
East London artist paints UK's tallest mural to highlight crisis in affordable housing
Mural painted as ‘symbol of solidarity’ with New Era tenants and Focus E15 mums
'Unique' Bethnal Green gasholders face uncertain future
A petition to save the Bethnal Green gasholders has already gained more than 1000 signatures
Erran Baron Cohen on The Infidel – The Musical
Erran Baron Cohen talks about writing songs for the new musical alongside David Baddiel
Two painters join forces for Whitechapel exhibition
Whitechapel’s Idea Store gallery is holding an exhibition by award-winning painters Brian Cheeswright and Ed Hill
Festival of Latin American theatre to go ahead this month in East London
Theatre makers from across South America will be descending on East London for the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
Alecky Blythe: ‘I don’t think theatre can change things greatly’
Alecky Blythe reflects on a successful run with her verbatim play about the Hackney Riots, Little Revolution
Little Revolution review – revisiting the Hackney riots
Playwright Alecky Blythe recreates a community in crisis in her latest verbatim play
Xiaolu Guo's journey from the Far East to East End
Acclaimed Chinese writer and filmmaker who plies her trade from Hackney talks about her recent novel I am China, a stirring tale of love, exile and political struggle
Xiaolu Guo’s journey from the Far East to East End
Acclaimed Chinese writer and filmmaker who plies her trade from Hackney talks about her recent novel I am China, a stirring tale of love, exile and political struggle
Rudy's Rare Records is 'black High Fidelity', says show's creator
Lenny Henry stars in play of radio comedy in which three generations of a family try to stop developers from turning their record shop into a supermarket
Exhibition review: Empty Streets – Noel Gibson's East London (1967–1975)
Noel Gibson’s paintings of East London have no people in them but record with affection its old buildings and streets
Sir Charlie Darwin Film Festival's 'natural selection'
Audiences get to decide whether films are worth watching at the Sir Charlie Darwin Film Festival
Stephen Gill: Conceptual chronicler
Photographer Stephen Gill captures East London like it’s never been seen before