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Mar 25
5 min

A Portrait of Prisons: the Justice Arts Coalition

by Niall Walker "This is about communities and healing and finding new ways of addressing harm that are not punitive" A selection of the...

Feb 25
5 min

The Assassination of Lokman Slim: Why Are Cultural Producers Being Targeted in Lebanon?

“War is sparring. We are in a war against dictatorship and against the monopoly of one opinion. We only have our voices. They are armed.”

Feb 19
5 min

Tackling Women’s Representation in Zurich’s Art World via an Anonymous Instagram Account

Noemi Ehrat looks at the Zurich bases feminist activist collective: Hulda Zwingli. Interrogating gender inequality in the Swiss art world.

Feb 18
7 min

How Poetry Stayed Afloat During Lockdown

Where do the poets go when the pubs are shut? Georgia Preece explores how poetry has thrived online during the COVID pandemic.

May 5, 2020
7 min

A Lifetime Of Lockdown: Art From Behind Kashmir's Information Blackout

India has turned Jammu and Kashmir into the largest open air prison on earth. Niall Walker spoke to Kashmiri about life under lockdown.

Nov 19, 2019
9 min

“Add Oil!”: Street Art On The Hong Kong Frontlines

Six months on and there's no end in sight for the Hong Kong protests. We investigate the art fuelling the revolt - and transforming the city

Nov 10, 2019
9 min

Ways of Belonging: In Conversation

WAYS OF BELONGING brings together young female artists from Birmingham: Anisa Fazal, Farwa Moledina, and Sabiheh Awanzai Mahmoud.

Oct 9, 2019
6 min

Europe Will Crumble: The Rise Of Hatari

This summer, Iceland made waves at Eurovision with the band, Hatari. We caught up with them during their Europe Will Crumble tour.

Jul 30, 2019
4 min

That Which We Can Never Be: Joy Buolamwini and the Racialisation of AI

If we are to secure an AI future, as Joy Buolamwini concludes: ‘we must increase transparency in our approach to coding’.

Jul 25, 2019
4 min

Ain’t It A Shame To Be Gay On A Sunday

"Jesus died on the cross for our sins and Freddy Mercury died of AIDS so Dove could sell us soap." Frances Reece writes.

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