A guide to this month's cultural life of Walthamstow, North East London, including a listing section for local events. Featuring as this month's cover star designer/illustrator Karin Åkesson; Yinka Shonibare at the William Morris Gallery; Hidden Lives tells the story of Fred Boorer; a new film documentary Beyond Clueless; Darren Hayman's new album Chant for Socialists; Grow your idea at the Mill; Walthamstow Beer; the resurrection of Gnome House captured by photographer Mark Burton; Local Hero, Lindsay Collier and the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum; and regulars Wilcumstowe Times who tells the story of the long forgotten Shern Hall Street Station, Walthamstow Diary and The Magpie and his pickings from local social media.