Posts by East End Review
East End Film Festival – three films that stood out
Among the 100 features and 80 short films shown during last month’s East End Film Festival a trio of films stood out
Read MoreLondon Underground photographs on display at Howard Griffin Gallery
Photographs by Bob Mazzer look into the lives of commuters and remind us how much the public transport system has changed
Read MoreThe Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes – preview
A persecuted Iraqi refugee arrives in Britain in search of a new start in Rashid Razaq’s The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes at the Arcola Theatre
Read MoreIssa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire Without Signs
Dakar-based contemporary African artist Issa Samb is exhibiting in Shoreditch gallery Iniva until 26 July
Read MoreEast Londoners on tour
Octogenarian Harvey Gould takes East London filmmaking duo Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim on a trip of the Soho of his youth for their new documentary
Read MoreChick Corea jazz review: 'panoptic interpretations yielding plenty of complexity'
American jazz fusion pianist and composer Chick Corea took to the stage at the Barbican last month
Read MoreThe curious history of the bagel in East London
Food historian Gillian Riley recounts the curious history of the ‘roll with a hole’ and visits some of East London’s popular bagel bakeries (all in the name of research)
Read MoreArchive: Imagining the East End – review
Companion book to online ‘archive’ of images documenting East End is unsurprisingly served better by its images than by the accompanying text
Read MoreLeytonstone man leads letterpress revival
Russell Frost is championing the revival of a form of printing used for hundreds of years
Read MoreDesigner profile: Phoebe English
Young fashion designer Phoebe English talks about life in Hackney, the development of her brand and what the future holds for her
Read MoreSally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent star in East Londoner's short film
Hackney writer’s helpline-inspired short film The Phone Call is an emotional tear jerker
Read MoreLore Lixenberg: a breath of fresh aria
The Stoke Newington opera singer who blurs the boundary between composition and performance
Read MoreEast London Swimmers – for the love of London Fields Lido
Lido regulars pose for a collection of thoughts and images that celebrates the life affirming properties of swimming in the open air
Read MoreInside Wilton's Music Hall
Wilton’s Music Hall is one of East London’s hidden gems, with a history as checkered as the characters that used to frequent it
Read MoreClapton street artist RUN given first solo exhibition
Mysterious muralist RUN to exhibit at Stoke Newington’s Hang-Up Gallery
Read MoreHackney's Finest hour?
Hackney’s Finest by Lord of the Rings director Chris Bouchard has already caused a stir with its graphic portrayal of drug dealers and criminality
Read MoreYour guide to the East London zine scene
As the East London Comics and Arts Festival prepares to get underway, Phoebe Cooke explains her love for self-published ‘zines’ and where best to find them
Read MoreAll night Macbeth to be staged in East London
Rift returns with an overnight production of Macbeth set in a secret location – rumoured to be an East London tower block
Read MoreRiding a new wave: Mexican cinema comes to the East End Film Festival
Sebastian Hofmann returns to the East End Film Festival this year as its director-in-residence and with a clear vision for the future of Mexican cinema
Read MoreBrazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
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