‘New voices and new work’

9:00am Saturday 1st June 2013

Plays by some of East London’s top emerging writers will take centre stage as Theatre Royal Stratford East presents the Angelic Tales New Writing Festival.

Food and art the perfect recipe

Chef Gennaro Contaldo will officially open Appetite 2013 on Saturday, June 1

3:40pm Friday 31st May 2013

FOOD glorious food. Thirty days of food and art will come to Walthamstow on Saturday, as Appetite Food Festival commences.

Brucie – he’s our favourite

Bruce Forsyth talks to Amie Mulderrig about how he keeps fit and his latest live show

1:31pm Friday 31st May 2013

After 70 plus years in the entertainment industry, you’d expect Sir Bruce Forsyth to hang up his tap shoes and retire gracefully.

Making a life in another country

Rosy Moorhead talks to journalist and genealogist Melody Amsel-Arieli about her book Jewish Lives

9:00am Sunday 26th May 2013

Who among us has not had a peddler, pawnbroker, grocer, or tailor in the family? Who among us does not boast ancestors who forged new lives in faraway lands?” says journalist and genealogist Melody Amsel-Arieli.

Small is beautiful when it comes to the uke

9:00am Saturday 25th May 2013

The sounds of Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Deep Purple and Amy Winehouse will fill the Queen’s Theatre, as the diverse D’Ukes (pictured) take to the stage.

Half Term fun

Best Friends Forever is at the Harlow Playhouse

3:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

If you're stuck for ideas as to what do over the half term break, we've got a few very good suggestions:

Gallery wins accolade

2:40pm Friday 24th May 2013

The William Morris Galley has won its first major national accolade, leaving world famous museums including the V & A, the Cutty Sark and the Titanic Experience in Belfast in its wake.

Q & A with Boe & Irony: 'Explaining art is like someone explaining a joke they just told'

Broadway Market in Hackney

12:38pm Friday 24th May 2013

They’ve been cropping up all over London. A giant blue pigeon. An enormous raven. A fantastically-large fox. And now, a super-sized squirrel. No blank space is safe in east London. Just like Banksy and Blek Le Rat, under the cover of darkness, street artists Boe and Irony are creating artworks on the sides of buildings for the general public to enjoy. Who are they? Why are they doing it? And where will they strike next? Amie Mulderrig sits down with the fiercely private duo to find out.

Have your cake and create it

Sarah Hardy tells Amie Mulderrig how she makes her sponges into spiders, meat and fruits

11:06am Thursday 23rd May 2013

There was a time when the humble dessert, a crumbly cheesecake or a tantalising tart, was the perfect ending to an evening meal.

Just who are Boe & Irony?

Boe and Irony’s fox in Turnpike Lane

11:44am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

They’ve been cropping up all over London. A giant blue pigeon. An enormous raven. A fantastically-large fox. And now, a super-sized squirrel.

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