On Not Having Children: Motherhood by Sheila HetiWho wants to have children? The number of people who answer yes to this question continues to fall and being child-free is even...
The cab drivers who stop…When I read about Danez Smith’s ‘Don’t Call Us Dead’ two years ago, I had no idea that in July 2020, thanks to a pandemic, the Ledbury...
Madness Protects as Fever does – a Masterpiece on the StrandStrange Days: Memories of the Future, 180 The Strand, October 2nd - December 9th 2018 From Hassan Khan’s spellbinding video of two...
1968 and After: Education and Culture – Panel discussion at Conway Hall, 1st November 2018An event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of 1968 was held in early November at Conway Hall. Ken Loach spoke about society being based...
Rasheed Araeen – A retrospective at the Baltic, Newcastle, 19th October 2018 – 27 January 2019Visiting Newcastle’s Baltic for the first time, I was lucky to see the Rasheed Araeen exhibition. Araeen was the founder of the...