Press play to listen to a BBC Radio 5 podcast featuring poet Mark Grist and MC Blizzard, whose YouTube rap-battle video recently attracted almost two million hits. Here, both performers talk about their individual poetry style and getting young people interested in poetry. Farrago Poetry Slam Monthly poetry slams…
Press play to listen to a podcast by Hackney-based poetry and illustration zine ‘inc.’ which showcases some of the best of east London poets, artists and musicians and is co-created by EastLondonLines’ very own Will Coldwell. Inc hosts live poetry events for each issue launch. For more information visit the…
Press play to listen to a live recording of poet Soweto Kinch Live at Jazz Verse Jukebox at the 2011 Brit Jazz Fest while you browse live music poetry events in east London. Speechmotion Art, literature, spoken word, live art performance. Speechmotion provides a platform for filmmakers and performers…
Press play to listen to spoken word poet Dean Atta performing his controversial poem “I am Nobody’s N****r” while you browse feature spot events in east London. To visit Dean’s website, please click here. Tongue Fu Improv jazz, spoken word, and cabaret night hosted by Ventriloquist (Chris Redmond). Tongue…
Press play to listen to a podcast from spoken word event ‘Tongue Fu‘, featuring Tshaka Campbell and Chris Redmond, recorded live at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, in November 2011. Recorded by Olly Keen and produced by Chris Redmond. Jawdance Popular open-mic night with guest artist slots and poetry film…
French band The Shoes have released a music video for their new single Time to Dance today, featuring actor Jake Gyllenhaal as a disturbed killer on the streets of Hackney.…
A doorman who was dealing cocaine and cannabis from his Lewisham home has been jailed for four years.…
Hackney Council have undertaken new measures to help reduce domestic violence in the borough, which currently has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in London.…
It is two degrees above freezing, and forty people – from teenagers to pensioners – huddle round a blazing bin fire outside Lewisham Town Hall. Their fuel: an impressive stack of backlogged final warnings, doom-harbouring overdue payments, and red-topped notices of intent to cancel energy accounts. This is the start…
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Chris Mayhew:
#Ididnotreport that these streets do not belong to me
Increasingly I feel awkward and embarrassed when walking around my city. Most mornings, upon leaving my house, I attract the attention of at least one lecherous motorist, or a pair of wayward builders. When I step out into the open, I am stepping into a man’s world, where I must…
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