Entertainment

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 ...

THE FILM PAD MAN will be released on 26th January – but fans of Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar don’t have to wait that long before they can enjoy part of the experience. Hu Ba Hu, a song from the film, is here ...

As a successful TV presenter, do you ever feel a pressure to dress in a particular way? Female TV presenters always feel under pressure to dress or think about clothes in ways our male colleagues don’t have to. I’m always ...

Emdad Rahman ABILITY BOW IS inviting members of the public to attend their first ever Christmas Jumble Sale. The festive event on Saturday, 16th December is organised in partnership with St Paul Old Ford Church and will provide a Christmas ...

Abdullah Raj IN THE YEAR when Ste­phen King’s It came out, I was a bit apprehensive about going to wa­tch another film abo­ut a clown. One clown is too many for a year. However, I went into the classy Charlotte Street Hotel ...

THE MOST magical of pantomimes is coming to the Hackney Empire this winter – with booking already open and shows starting on 18th November. The Hackney team has turned its attention to this classic rags to riches tale and developed ...