If you’re a fan of Mr Youth, who takes his first name from the part of our borough where he now lives, make plans to get down to Heaven on 13th November, which is where and when you’ll be able ...
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Catch Sinkane – he’s worth it!
Sudanese songwriter Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, is back with Mean Love, his fourth solo full-length under that moniker, due for release on 2nd Sept via DFA and City Slang. His PR invited us to “listen to the funky new single ...
Read More »Field Day looks forward
The organisers of Field Day, the music festival held in Victoria Park earlier this month, have thanked all those who attended for making the event a brilliant and successful event. You can see a range of photos of the extravaganza ...
Read More »World Gin day: what a tonic!
One day back in 2009, Neil Houston had the idea of bringing his friends together to drink gin. Then, he thought – why restrict the day just to his friends? The World Gin Day has now grown into a global ...
Read More »MCM London Comic Con smashes attendance record
MCM London Comic Con pass the 100,000 visitor mark for the first time, smashing the Excel-based event’s previous highest attendance record. Show organisers revealed that 101,600 attendees came through the doors of MCM London Comic Con between Friday 23rd and ...
Read More »Enjoy London Wine Week
London Wine Week – a huge seven-day celebration of the capital’s emerging and passionate wine scene – is now upon us. To be part of the self-guided Wine Tours and enjoy £5 flights or glasses of premium wine in more ...
Read More »Urban artists can dare to dream
“Urban Development, a charity which provides support and advice to young people trying to make it in underground music, has spent 12 years proving that a strong social conscience doesn’t have to mean governmental do-gooding. While its foundations are philanthropic, ...
Read More »Rich Mix of film and football
Controversial local venue the Rich Mix Cinema is offering films and football this month. As part of the East End Film Festival, Rich Mix will be showing a number of films and hosting subsequent Q&A sessions from 14th to 25th ...
Read More »Unlucky for some?
The thirteenth East End Film Festival begins, ironically, on Friday, 13th June and runs for two weeks. Unfortunately, much of the promotional material about the festival’s events doesn’t say where each is being held. You will have to head over ...
Read More »Best foot forward!
Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...
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