Mark of Cane review: A poetic exploration of plantation horror and insurgency
In Kat Anderson’s Mark of Cane exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, repressed memories of plantation labour and furious revolution haunt
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‘Can you burp on demand?’: Review of Bow Arts’ new sensory supper club
A feast for the eyes, ears and stomach, ‘Supper Sonata’ at the Nunnery Gallery reimagines our relationship with food while
Book review: A Quick Ting On: Grime by Franklyn Addo
From anti-social pastime to widely-respected creative art form, Addo’s debut book traces the nationwide reverberations of a music genre born
Book review: ‘Cack-Handed’ by Gina Yashere
Funny and poignant, comedian Gina Yashere’s memoir Cack-Handed chronicles her journey from a council estate in Bethnal Green to the
Mexican Seoul food review: Popular taco bar finds its first permanent home in Bow
LA’s most popular fusion food lands in Bow Wharf, where tacos and tostadas from Mexico meet gochujang sauce and Korean
Barge East food review: Tasting menu at award-winning, eco-friendly barge restaurant in Hackney Wick
Creative cocktails, playful modern tasting plates and intimate wood-panelled interiors: the rustic refinement of Barge East’s restaurant, just a fraction
Community Sauna Baths review: Hackney Wick’s hottest wellness trend
How London’s first wood-fired sauna and cold plunge is reinventing the centuries-old Scandi tradition in Hackney Wick. Clutching onto each
The must-visit public houses around Bow from East End boozers to gastro pubs
From traditional East End boozers to trendy gastro pubs, Roman Road and the surrounding areas offer a pub to suit
Silo restaurant review: where fine dining meets radical environmentalism
The Hackney Wick zero-waste restaurant symbolising sustainable environmental change while remembering that fine dining is supposed to be fun. Sitting
Sylvia review: the schisms of the suffragettes laid bare in storming new musical
Sylvia Pankhurst and the suffragettes bust contemporary dance moves to a soundtrack of hip-hop, funk and soul, retelling the feminist
Best places to stay near Roman Road
Visiting family or friends in East London? We bring you the best hotels, inns and B&Bs that Tower Hamlets has
Lanterna restaurant review: Fish Island’s smart new pizzeria, bar and deli
Fish Island’s new Italian restaurant, deli and bar elevates the humble Neopolitan pizza with a side of Italian fine-dining, a