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Photographer David Bailey is probably Newham's most famous son, and he has just published his new book called "David Bailey's East End" which is a collection of his photos taken over 50 years.

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"Bailey's East End" is out now in three volumes and published by Steidl.

1. Fury

Director: David Ayers
Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LeBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Pena, Scott Eastwood, Jason Isaacs

Synopsis: April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

Fury is out now rated 15.

2. Babadook

Director: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight

Synopsis: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

Babadook is out now rated 15

3.Serena

Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Sean Harris

Synopsis: In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena cannot bear children.

Serena is out now rated 15

4. DVD/Blu-Ray Release - 2 Days, One Night

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne

Synopsis: Sandra a young Belgian mother discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.

2 Days, 1 Night is out now rated 15

We're used to seeing strong women outshine men these days, but how would they have coped in depression struck 1920's America?

That's the story of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper's latest movie Serena - where both are tested physically and emotionally as they battle to save something a lot more important than their timber business.

It's directed by Danish Oscar winner Susanne Bier who spoke to our Arts Correspondent Thomas Magill about how tough it was adapting this well-known novel for the big screen and what it was like watching the chemistry between Lawrence and Cooper bubble on set.

Actors John Dagleish, George Maguire and Vince Leigh who star in the hit muscal Sunny Afternoon join Claudia to talk about the show and the music of The Kinks.

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Sunny Afternoon is on at The Harold Pinter theatre and taking bookings until 31st January next year. And the new cast album of Sunny Afternoon is out on 27th October.

Bernard Cornwell has been听called a master storyteller but really he's cleverer than that! "The Empty Throne" is the eighth novel in his number one best-selling series "The Warrior Chronicles" and also this year sees his first ever non-fiction book "Waterloo" The History Of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles.

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The Empty Throne is out now and published by Harper Collins, and Waterloo: The History Of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles is out now and published by Willian Collins.

Next Monday 27th October, the wonderful Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas would have a hundred years old and self-confessed fan and expert Cerys Matthews has been celebrating his life culminating in a double CD called "Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs". Cerys explains that there's so much more to him than just "Under Milkwood".

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Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs is out on Monday 27th October by Cerys Matthews and Mason Neely and of course you can hear Cerys every Sunday from 10 on our sister station 6 Music and you can see her at the Hippodrome Casino, London on 29th November and 17th December.

1. Gypsy At Chichester Festival Theatre

Imedla Staunton stars as Momma Rose in this rare revival of a great 1959 Broadway musical with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents.

Gypsy runs at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 8th November

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2. Memphis at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Set in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955 - it tells the story of a local DJ who falls in love both with the sound of Rhythm N Blues, and also a black singer. Killian Donnelly, formerly of The Commitments, and Beverley Knight, of The Bodyguard star in it.

Memphis runs at The Shafesbury Theatre

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3. Our Town at the Almeida, London

Thornton Wilder's 1938 play about small town life at the start of the 20th century is one of those popular classics that's been done in every American high-school. It's now got a radical makeover in this off-Broadway production directed by, and starring David Cromer.

Our Town runs at the Almeida, London until 29th November

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4. Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon

This is an unusual pairing of two comedies about love thwarted and love fulfilled...if the second play sounds unfamiliar, it's because it's one we best know as Much Ado About Nothing. The two plays are cross-cast with Edward Bennett and Michaelle Terry playing the lovers in both shows.

Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won run in tandem at Stratford until 14th March.