Emdad Rahman The weekend saw record crowds flock to MCM London Comic Con, with 122,634 visitors passing through the doors of Britain’s biggest modern pop culture show. After eclipsing 110k back in October 2014, the event has made a further ...

The English National Opera (ENO) will once more be beaming performances from its home in the London Coliseum to 350 cinemas across the UK. Tickets are now on sale for the three performances, which are: La Traviata – Wednesday, 15th ...

Emdad Rahman interviews author Dan Lyndon. With October being Black History Month, it is perhaps appropriate to celebrate the life of a truly ground-breaking black football player. Walter Tull was a football pioneer who served as an officer in the ...

“My home is their home. They are part of me and they are part of my household.” Ernestine John, foster carer Three foster families have just been presented with special awards by Tower Hamlets Council in recognition of their efforts: ...

Fourteen Eastenders – most of whom have been mates since school – have scaled Britain’s highest peak to raise money for an international orphan education progamme. The group travelled up to Edinburgh, at their own expense, climbed Ben Nevis and ...

Theatre Royal Stratford East presents a new stage adaptation of Martina Cole’s first novel and international Bestseller Dangerous Lady. This explosive drama, set in London’s underworld, previewed from Friday, 19th October before opening on Thursday, 25th October and will run until ...

Exclusive from our correspondent with Syrian refugees in Turkey: As we were sitting in the lobby of our hotel, a man approached...

Mike Phipps of Iraq Occupation Focus: So, in 2011 the last US troops finally left Iraq? Well, not quite. Combat troops may have gone, but private military contractors remain in their thousands. The US will spend nearly $1bn in 2012 ...

Faizah Sharif: On my way back from my weekly yoga lesson, feeling peaceful and slightly peckish, I was walking through the new market that an Asian committee recently opened.