Little by little, the resulting rope coils up on the floor, each loop marking a specific period in time. Built in Conrad’s ...

From microbial dyes to seaweed-based sequins, a new exhibition invites visitors to ask what the future of fashion might be ...

Art curator Shaun Caton in Homerton Hospital, surrounded by art made by patients with acquired and traumatic brain injuries. Photograph: Russell Parton If you’re looking for art, a hospital is not the ...

The Barbican’s Transcender weekend has become a firm favourite in London’s contemporary music events calendar over the past few years. Returning next month for its eighth edition, the four-day concert ...

You don’t have to look far to find examples of how East London is changing, either on the streets or indeed on this very website. Continuity – our closeness to the past – is unlikely to make headline ...

More films are probably watched in the current era than at any other time in movie history – the majority on TV screens, computers, tablets and even mobile phones. But to experience the splendour of ...

Some restaurant groups grow organically, opening branches that preserve the intimacy and quirkiness of their flagship and by extension the signature of the chef who made it famous. Ottolenghi or the ...

Following Skepta’s Mercury Prize win, 2016 could be seen as the the year that grime came of age. Grime isn’t just about music: for a whole generation, this is a definitive lifestyle and culture. Back ...

Artist Noëmi Lakmaier lies in front of the altar of St Leonard’s whilst balloons are attached to her. Photograph: Grace Gelder A disabled artist has been lifted off the ground by the force of 20,000 ...

For many grown men Matchbox toy cars evoke childhood memories of afternoons spent driving over mountainous sofas and screeching around table-leg bends. For others, bargain hunters and boot-sale ...

How different Shakespeare’s plays would have been had bicycles existed in his day. Richard III might have declared: “A bike! A bike! My kingdom for a bike!” and that famous stage direction in The ...

The story of Nao is not one of overnight success. The 28-year-old East Londoner this year released her debut album For All We Know to some acclaim, with critics hailing her vocal acrobatics and flair ...