Review: Hamlet – Rotten States at Hope Theatre

Gigs – a reassuring survivor in Fitzrovia, serving quality fish and chips

Dan Carrier’s movie news: No Fathers In Kashmir

The Turning – a modern take on Henry James’s serial thriller

A very theatrical Copperfield that Dickens would recognise as his own

London Art Fair – a ‘must see’ event

A novel approach

Mums: the words

Lightopia Makes London Debut

Dan Carrier’s movies news: The Monster of Highgate Ponds

Bombshell: #MeToo before Weinstein

Beauty and the beasts in A Hidden Life

Review: Coming Clean, at Trafalgar Studios

Review: Lullabies For the Lost/The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People, at Old Red Lion Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Antigone at New Diorama; Beckett

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: In The Round; January Blues Festival; Jah Wobble

Review: Shackleton and His Stowaway, at Park Theatre 90

A flavour of the country in the city

A Lavelle playing field for independent venues

School report