Entertainment

ON 1ST FEBRUARY, Toynbee Hall held an opening event for a new exhibition at the Idea Store Whitechapel, as part of Toynbee Hall’s Heritage Project. The Bengali Innovators of Toynbee Hall is an exhibition which aims to capture the stories ...

Emdad Rahman A SHORT CINEMATIC masterpiece by acclaimed director Abrar Hussain took centre stage in London’s East End as crowds flocked to the Genesis cinema to watch a feature documentary film based on The Haram in Makkah. One Day in ...

SHAPE ARTS IS A disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people – and it’s bringing its annual exhibition to the Arts Pavillion at Mile End this March. The exhibition is the Shape Open. Each ...

IF YOU HAVE EVER wondered what a princess does all day, you’re now a little closer to finding out the answer – at least as far as the UK’s senior princess goes. HRH Princess Anne spent time last Wednesday at ...

THE SPACE – a unique arts space on Westferry Road, on the Isle of Dogs – is a week into a “one festival”. It’s a series of plays which are all performed by just one actor. There’s 19 plays altogether, ...

FORTUNATELY, it’s not the US President himself who will be visiting the Royal Borough. Over 1.8 million people signed a petition against Donald Trump being invited to visit the UK – enough to force a debate in Parliament but not ...

Emdad Rahman THE LB24TV team have enjoyed a get together to celebrate the start of the new year 2018. Team members came together as part of a networking event to celebrate and also to promote the online media channel which ...

AUDIENCES HAVE been enjoying Rapunzel this year – one of a long list of well received pantos performed at the Theatre Royal, Stratford. It’s a traditional story which has, of course, received the usual Theatre Royal makeover while retaining all ...

Hackney Empire Community Choir is back! The Choir began in 2010 – launched by former BBC Last Choir Standing judge Sharon D Clarke, in partnership with former East London Gospel Choir music and choir director Joseph Roberts. The choir has ...

THE JANUARY edition of The Voice, online newsletter of the East London Garden Society (ELGS), is out now – beginning the New Year by renewing its pledge to try to organise a Londonwide gardening show. London is one of the ...