Entertainment

WITH EID HAVING been celebrated last week and the summer weather beckoning everyone outdoors, it’s fortunate that at least two major cities will be holding outdoor Eid Festivals this weekend. The Eid Festival at Old Trafford in Manchester is also ...

Emdad Rahman MCM Comic Con, the UK’s largest organiser of pop culture events, returned to London for a scorching weekend of sun, cosplay battles, a blockbuster guest line up and a new revamped look.  The first MCM Comic Con London of 2018 attracted thousands of sci-fi fans, gamers, ...

THE FORMER director of the Theatre Royal, Stratford, Kerry Kyricos Michael, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London. The award was made in recognition of Mr Michael’s contribution to diversity in the arts and in particular for ...

You work hard for to enjoy an idyllic lifestyle – a quirky one, living on a houseboat, but a comfortable lifestyle centred on fun nonetheless. Then the biological clock kicks in: will there be children? This is the central dilemma ...

Emdad Rahman Kind hearted runners enjoyed a well deserved evening out at a social event to support a local theatre. A popular fundraising quiz evening arranged by Timi Veerasamy was a big success, with £874 being raised by inter running ...

Emdad Rahman YOUNG ARTISTS FROM Lansbury Lawrence Primary School in Poplar added a touch of vibrancy and colour to the locality as their architectural designs for a new school art room were put up for display in the historic Whitechapel ...

MCM COMIC CON is preparing for the London Comic Con on 25-27th May, at ExCeL. But with the company having been acquired by ReedPOP late last year, can fans expect the same high quality experience – or will there be ...

THOSE OF US who bang on about the diverse cultural heritage of the East End are used to including “Jewish refugees” as one of the groups of people who have come to this part of London, built new lives – ...

Emdad Rahman TWO BRITISH “LEGENDS” – a word often used all to freely these days but one that definitely applies to these gentlemen – recently reunited and reminisced over lunch at Langan’s Brasserie. In one corner was Brian Blessed, the ...

THE TOWER HAMLETS Twin Jenin and Palestine Solidarity Group invites you to an evening of enjoying the cartoons and artwork of Tim Sanders – as well as good company and excellent refreshments. The Portrait of Palestine evening features an exhibition ...