“Seeing Years & Years live last year was probably the best surprise of 2013. Young Olly Alexander has the holy fire in his hands: a soulful voice with a crazy R’n’B vibe, which enables him to be simultaneously emotional and ...
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Infidel about to hit Stratford
Tickets have just gone on sale today for a new, musical version of David Baddiel’s hit comedy movie The Infidel, which Baddiel has himself adapted for the theatre. The production has been made possible by the success of a Kickstarter ...
Read More »The case against dog whistle media
Harry Palmer looks at the aftermath of the Panorama programme. The Metropolitan police have found no credible evidence of fraud in John Ware’s Panorama dossier on Lutfur Rahman. They have made it quite clear that if the audit currently being ...
Read More »Play off success as Worcester beat Lions again
BBL Play-Off Quarter Final (1st Leg) London Lions 78-92 Worcester Wolves London Lions 78 (14,39,66) (Brown 23, Lawson 14, Martin 13) Worcester Wolves 92 (36,49,75) (Taylor 22, Owumi 16, Creekmore 14) Emdad Rahman: Zaire Taylor was in brutal mode as ...
Read More »Scintillating Scintilla hammer Redbridge
Scintilla CC vs Redbridge Park CC Venue: London Marathon Playing Fields, Fairlop, London IG6 3HZ Emdad Rahman: Scintilla CC enjoyed a blistering start to the 2014 cricket season as they crushed Redbridge Park CC with a 9-wicket demolition in ...
Read More »Harlequins embrace Wheelchair Rugby
Harlequins and Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR), the national governing body for disabled rugby, have announced a formal partnership as part of the development of the Harlequins Foundation. Members of the Harlequins squad were so impressed with the professional athletes ...
Read More »Young blood invigorates Old Street
He runs his own online company, he’s brimming full of business ideas, he’s about to lead the Old Street revolution – and he’s just 21. East London News spoke exclusively to ROSS BAILEY – the man behind the Old Street ...
Read More »Labour denial answers no questions
On Wednesday evening last week, Tower Hamlets First put out a press release stating that Professor Michael Keith, former leader of the Council, had written a document in 1995 in which he claimed John Biggs had written material which was ...
Read More »Eastenders, localism & networking
Fiona Barry presents a personal memoir of the East End. The Eastend networking from Richmond to Upminster in one hour, gathering my thoughts on the District Line. I have touched base with people I have come to love and appreciate. ...
Read More »All great movements begin Underground!
For the first time since it opened in 1901, Old Street Station is being reinvented. Transport for London (TfL) and Appear Here, the online marketplace for short-term space, are transforming the station into an interactive and experimental shopping and leisure ...
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