East London and West Essex Guardian Series | Highlights

Growing flowers on Tottenham turf

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:05:06 +0000

Lee Stiles talks to Melanie Dakin about rewarding work of the Lea Valley horticultural industry

Poster designer Paul Johnstone lends his services to Walthamstow's pop-up cinema Screen 17

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:51:11 +0000

Designer Paul Johnstone has film posters on the brain. He's now lending his services to Walthamstow's local pop-up cinema Screen 17 with some wonderful results...

Joyce Vincent's body lay undiscovered for three years - now a new film reveals the life behind the shcoking death

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:20:41 +0000

Joyce Vincent lay dead for three years in her bedsit. Dreams Of A Life director Carol Morley tells George Nott why she had to tell her story...

"Everything can be traced to that point" - the industrial history of the Lea Valley is explored in a new book

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:13:56 +0100

Next year, the world will fix its attention on east London as athletes battle for gold at the 2012 Olympics. From Enfield to Egypt, spectators will tune in their TV sets to see who can run fastest, throw furthest and perform without fault.

Embarrassing London life caught on camera

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:44:23 +0100

Armed and dangerous, Patrick Dalton is a ‘street photographer’ who finds humour in the prosaic, writes Rachel Wakefield

Travelling on the underground on foot

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:53:57 +0100

Mark Mason’s book Walk the Lines reveals interesting facts and anecdotes about our Tube stations, writes Nick Elvin

Chat from the back of a London cab

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:28:59 +0100

Ever been in a black taxi putting the world to rights with the cabbie? Your words of wisdom might be in Mark Solomon’s book Black Cab Wisdom, writes Melanie Dakin

Young filmmaker goes behind the scenes at Westfield

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:30:05 +0100

At just 17, Muzzammil Hashmi is managing director of his own production company, has filmed with the BBC and has shot interviews with some of pop music’s biggest names.

Akin Gazi: No more Mister Bad Guy

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:53:06 +0100

There had been a worrying trend to Akin Gazi’s screen appearances to date. In his first major role, the Edmonton-raised actor starred alongside Harvey Keitel in American mini-series The Path to 9/11, playing the real-life terrorist responsible for blowing up the American embassy in Nairobi in 1998.

Are friends electric

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:09:13 +0100

Gary Numan will be performing a DJ set at XOYO this Saturday. Find out about his friendship with fellow DJ Ade Fenton