Wanstead Theatre Co has been a regular feature at the Fringe and this year, the company returns with Talking Heads. Fiona Gordon explains what to expect and the innovative way it’s being promoted

One of the highlights of this year’s Wanstead Fringe is All Rest, an immersive opera set and staged in the graveyard at St Mary’s Church. Here, the opera’s composer Simone Spagnolo explains what to expect

The cultural revolution that has been going on in Wanstead for the past few years is in full flow. And, like all of us, whatever our age, it looks like it is growing up, writes Fringe director Giles Wilson

The Wanstead Fringe will return this month with over 100 events taking place

People have always cycled in Wanstead, but now there are more of us, says Jeremy Cross, treasurer of the Redbridge Cycling Campaign, which will be leading two bike rides from Wanstead this month

In the first of a series of articles by those leading the campaign to save The George, Jackie Clune questions Wetherspoon’s decision to sell the much-loved, affordable pub

A new police hub on the Orchard Estate in Woodford is expected to open by the end of September

The Leader of Redbridge Council has issued a statement in response to the government’s review of the New Hospitals Programme

High Street Wanstead will be closed to traffic on 15 September to create a car-free Wanstead Festival

The Wanstead Fringe, which returns next month, has grown from a small-scale community event into a multifaceted platform for local creativity and culture, writes Camille Leadbeater

In the first of two articles, Terry Joyes reflects on his 12-year journey to publishing a book about the history of Wanstead High School, just in time for the school’s 100th anniversary next month

Joshua Abbott has launched a crowdfunding campaign to publish Modernism Beyond Metro-land, a book documenting 20th-century architecture in London’s suburbs. In the second of a series of extracts, the spotlight is on Wanstead Library. Photos by Geoff Wilkinson