London based artist Mark Powell uses a simple biro to create incredibly detailed portraits of the elderly, which he draws on antique documents dating from 1763 onwards. His aim is to portray what can be produced with the most basic ...
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Along the Silk Road
It’s not often ELN publicises an arts event happening as far away as N12: we hardly ever publicise anything without an E number. But the pictures accompanying the press release advertising this dance/music production of Along the Silk Road – ...
Read More »BBC Club showcases photos
The BBC Photography Club is one of largest social activity groups at the BBC with nearly 40 members coming together each month to discuss and hone their photographic skills at a variety of events and workshops. The Club holds an ...
Read More »Ólöf Arnalds comes to St Johns, Bethnal Green
It has been announced that Ólöf Arnalds will be playing at the beautiful St Johns on Bethnal Green on Tuesday, 4th June. Classically educated on the violin, viola and self-taught on guitar and charango, Ólöf’s most distinctive asset is, ...
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The Sweeney The Sweeney is an action-packed British police thriller from the director of Football Factory. Jack Regan (Ray Winstone), a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George ...
Read More »East London Meets Bollywood in a Sparkling New Musical: Wah! Wah! Girls
By ELN Media Correspondent: Don’t miss this feel-good Bollywood musical in its authentic setting as it comes to Theatre Royal Stratford East. Wah! Wah! Girls is a passionate and playful story complete with love, villains, and lots of laughs. Set ...
Read More »Splitting the moon
Emdad Rahman: Splitting the Moon tracks scholar and author Dr Joel Hayward’s intriguing journey into Islam, his fascination with the mysteries of faith, his experiences and observations as a western Muslim, and his thoughts on the state of the Ummah ...
Read More »“In the Rings with Ali”
Emdad Rahman: “In the Rings with Ali” is a retrospective exhibition to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s 70th year during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During the Paralympic Games period guests have exclusive access to an exhibition of photographs, memorabilia, audio and video installations, ...
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The Amazing Spiderman The story of Peter Parker, an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers. The secret life of the US’s favorite president as history’s greatest hunter of the undead. ...
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