A reading group fights against a resurgence of The Murderer in East London Continue Reading THE SPITALFIELDS BOOK CLUB
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Rabiah Hussain had given up on having her debut play performed. As a second generation British Pakistani writer she’d found that theatre programmers expected plays about terrorism and fundamentalism. She ...
Becky Ayre is impressed by Beyond Caring, an affecting portrayal of the “invisible” working class. Not only that, but it may even improve our capacity for empathy… ...
Hamlyn, by prominent Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga, is an indictment of a city where corruption seeps like pus. How do you say “plus ça change” in Spanish? Continue ...
“It’s a demanding love, London, draining its people with long, dusty streets and cramped buses. This isn’t a place for flowers, it’s a place that tests the human spirit.” ...
Oliver David reflects on the impact of the Olympic Games and its legacy in East London. Continue Reading Walk the Perimeter
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Acquired for Development by… is an anthology of journalism, poetry, and short stories about Hackney, a borough which has divided opinion; depending on who you listen to, it’s either a ...
Summer’s here and we’ve organised a scavenger hunt for Litro readers around East London. But it’s not just all sun and games, you also stand a chance to win a collection ...
If you Google ‘anti slam’ you get a bunch of information about a pretentious-sounding poetry movement which took place in the Lower East Side of Manhattan a few years ago. ...
This month’s Litro has a bit of an East London thread running through it, which is appropriate for me, as I’ve been trudging the streets of the East End looking ...
Chapter One The first time you saw her, in person, was from the top of a red brick office block. You’d climbed the scaffolding that had gone up all around ...
