Posts Tagged ‘Russell Parton’
Isolation Chamber Vacation, Transition Gallery, preview – Alone time
A new exhibition examines the concept of solitude, from associated connotations of madness to its status as a tool for creative genius
Read MoreIsolation Chamber Vacation, Transition Gallery, preview – Alone time
A new exhibition examines the concept of solitude, from associated connotations of madness to its status as a tool for creative genius
Read MoreShadow Optics at Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes, Clapton: Things falling apart
Delicacy and light are the dual themes of exhibition at Clapton gallery that places emphasis on curation rather than individual artists
Read MoreBlue Pen, film preview: Breaking the silence
Inspired by the tragic story of war reporter Dorothy Lawrence, Blue Pen looks at the lives of women journalists whose voices have been silenced
Read MoreSisters Uncut seize Homerton flat in protest against lack of housing for domestic violence victims
Two out of three domestic violence victims who need rehousing are being turned away, direct action group claims
Read MoreLondon Fog – The Biography: how air pollution changed the nature of city life
From the Victorian era until the early 1960s, air pollution in the form of fog was a visible and pervading presence in the lives of Londoners
Read MoreReceptionist sent home for refusing to wear high heels donates shoes to Hackney Museum
Petition launched after Nicola Thorp was sent home without pay from a temping job to be debated in parliament this month
Read MoreRosemary Branch theatre founders bow out after 20 years
After two decades of at the helm of theatre pub institution, Cecilia Darker and Cleo Sylvestre have handed over the reins to a new generation
Read MoreSylvia Pankhurst: East London suffragette may get a statue in Bow
Statue on Roman Road would be part of a wider art trail that celebrates East London’s ‘amazing visionary women’
Read MoreStutterer: film review – universal themes in modern East London
Short film set in Hackney was an under-the-radar Oscar success, portraying an East London man’s struggle to live with a debilitating speech impediment
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Read MoreRio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies
Workers at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage
Read MoreGreen Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Read MoreFeline romantic – Homerton filmmaker releases debut feature Dead Cat
In the romantic comedy, a pair of old flames randomly meet at a time when both of their lives have reached an impasse
Read MoreBoris Johnson delays making Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision
Mayor of Hackney Jules Pipe calls for a more ‘creative, collaborative approach’ that includes councils
Read More1972: The Future of Sex begins Shoreditch Town Hall run
A new comedy explores sexual anxiety and coming of age in the year of Ziggy Stardust and Mary Whitehouse
Read MoreBox of tricks – the art of Amanda Houchen
Amanda Houchen’s enigmatic figures are performers conditioned by the temporary nature of the stardom they crave
Read MoreKinoteka Film Festival set to showcase best of Polish film history
This month East London venues will be showing films by some of the defining figures of Polish cinema
Read MoreOn Message – writer and ex-bicycle courier pens memoir on wheels
Hackney journalist provides social commentary and insight into the precarious world of London cycle couriers in Messengers
Read MoreReview: The Fish Police, Café Oto
Songs about chicken nuggets are de rigueur in the unique pop world of the Fish Police
Read MoreShakespeare in Shoreditch festival stages 1,000 plays
Actors will climb aboard a custom built ‘pageant wagon’ and set off on a tour of Hackney
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