10 h. ago ‘Photography is therapy for me’: Martin Parr on humour, holidaying and life behind the lens

He has a prolific career and extensive portfolio, with his images of British life especially iconic. At 72, he tells Miranda Sawyer, he’s still thinking about what to shoot nextAbout 20 years ago, I was on a judging panel for a photography competition, and one of the other judges was Martin Parr. He was charming and affable, almost teddy bear-ish. He was also utterly ruthless. When it came to deciding which photographs were worthy of a prize, he went through the selection swiftly – no, no, yes, no – without hesitation or doubt. His eye was impeccable. Has he always known what makes a good photograph? “Oh yes,” says Parr. “Right from the beginning. Total conviction. I knew I would be a photographer from the age of 13, 14, and I knew what was good even then. I was obsessive about photography. All artists are obsessive, I think.” We are in his agent’s office, a small upstairs flat on a market street in east London. Parr owns the building, and this room used to be packed with his work a...

Culture

11 h. ago London leaver: 'If we had all the money in the world we probably would never have left London'

Geoff and Lydia Wright swapped the pubs, restaurants and easy West End access of Zone 2 for family life in the Home Counties

Politics

34 h. ago The East London neighbourhood once dubbed 'the next Hackney' that's now 'terrible at night'

The East London neighbourhood once dubbed 'the next Hackney' that's now 'terrible at night'  Yahoo News UK

Events

36 h. ago South east London restaurant named best Caribbean restaurant in the UK

South east London restaurant named best Caribbean restaurant in the UK  This is Local London

Politics

47 h. ago Jimmy Mizen's drill rapper killer faces parole hearing just weeks after being recalled to prison for boasting about murdering altar boy in music

Jack Fahri, then 19, was sentenced to life after he threw a large glass dish that shattered, severing an artery in Jimmy Mizen's neck, at a bakery in Lee, south-east London in 2008.

Events

48 h. ago Mum murdered her two young sons who were found dead in their bunk beds by their dad

Kara Alexander, 47 killed Marley, five, and Elijah, two, in their home in Dagenham, east London

Events

49 h. ago Sadler's Wells East: the insider story behind London's new dance mecca

Sadler’s Wells East has finally opened on the new East Bank: here is the story behind a long but fruitful journey

Politics

49 h. ago Cannabis addict mother who drowned her two young sons in the bath then left bodies in their bunk beds for their father to find is found guilty of murder

Kara Alexander, 47, killed two-year-old Elijah Thomas and Marley Thomas, five in the bath at their home in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham, east London , in December 2022.

Events

50 h. ago Cannabis addict mother who drowned her two young sons then left bodies in their bunk beds for their father to find is found guilty of murder

Kara Alexander, 47, killed two-year-old Elijah Thomas and Marley Thomas, five in the bath at their home in Cornwallis Road, Dagenham, east London , in December 2022.

Events

53 h. ago Palestine Solidarity Campaign head Ben Jamal pleads not guilty after London arrest

Palestine Solidarity Campaign head Ben Jamal pleads not guilty after London arrest  Middle East Eye

Events

60 h. ago Big Interview: The Irish accountant rebuilding east London on gentrification, controversy and Abba

Big Interview: The Irish accountant rebuilding east London on gentrification, controversy and Abba  Business Post

Politics

60 h. ago A Thousand Blows review – the irresistible new boxing drama from the Peaky Blinders creator

Steven Knight’s latest series is a hugely fun journey into the murky world of Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. It’s a ripping yarn full of audacious dialogueSome will come for the boxing. The Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight, has set his latest endeavour in the East End of London and the shadowy underworld of late‑Victorian bare-knuckle fighting. The new series is called A Thousand Blows, and this is an understatement. Some will stay away because of the boxing. This would be a mistake, because it is about so much more. It is about all kinds of violence – that perpetrated against children by those supposed to protect them, against the increasingly poor by the increasingly rich, against women by men, against the colonised by colonisers – and what happens when you throw people together in the melting pot of a rapidly industrialising city where only the fittest can survive.There is a lot going on – narratively, thematically and cartilage crunchingly – in Knight’s historically ...

Events

3 d. ago Tampa Bay Wave expands global reach with University of East London partnership

Tampa Bay Wave expands global reach with University of East London partnership  The Business Journals

Politics

4 d. ago Pete Wicks moves into plush East London bachelor pad after bitter Maura Higgins split

Former TOWIE star Pete Wicks has upped and moved sticks to East London after his split from Love Island icon Maura Higgins

Politics

4 d. ago Newly single Pete Wicks moves into £2,400 per month bachelor pad in east London with bar and roof gardens following split from Maura Higgins

Newly single Pete Wicks has moved into a one-bedroom bachelor pad apartment following his split from Maura Higgins.

Economics

4 d. ago Newly single Pete Wicks moves into £2,400 per month bachelor pad in east London with bar and roof gardens foll

Newly single Pete Wicks moves into £2,400 per month bachelor pad in east London with bar and roof gardens foll  Daily Mail

Economics

4 d. ago The big London festival guide for summer 2024: from All Points East to Cross The Tracks

No Glasto? No problem! From Kylie to SZA, many of music’s biggest names are flocking to the capital this summer – here’s where to catch them

Politics

4 d. ago Murder probe as man, 20, stabbed to death yards from east London nursery and pre

Police and paramedics tried to save the victim’s life on Bodney Road just before 6pm on Tuesday

Events

4 d. ago Analysis shows nine in 10 areas facing maximum council tax rise

Available data gathered from top-tier councils suggests nine in ten areas are facing a council tax rise of at least 4.99%.

Politics

4 d. ago Analysis shows nine in ten areas facing maximum council tax rise

Available data gathered from top-tier councils suggests nine in ten areas are facing a council tax rise of at least 4.99%.

Politics