Fleshing Out a Narrative of Illness: Notes on the Flesh
by Shahd Alshammari I was slowly getting worse. The numbness escalated and was starting to resemble paralysis. My most terrifying moment was the minute I looked in the mirror, found that […]
Turn Up and Turn Out: why you should vote in the General Election
Registration to vote in the General Election on 8th June will close on May 22nd, you can register at gov.uk/register-to-vote. It’s quick and easy, and at the moment it’s one […]
A sharp hairline is a symbol of status and self-worth
By Jeffrey Boakye Every ten days or so, give or take, I cut my own hair. As in on my head. In the realm of modern black masculinity, this is […]
South Kordofan and Blue Nile, the Sudanese border regions caught between drought and war
by Yosra Akasha The humanitarian crisis in East Africa is portrayed largely as a lack of food but ongoing political dimensions must be acknowledged for progress to be made In […]
GE2017: Thought experiments on what lies ahead | White Men Dancing the Podcast
Welcome to the first White Men Dancing Podcast! Each week between now and the election Maurice Mcleod and Kiri Kankhwende try and make sense of what on earth is going […]
How black sports stars are risen to be dropped from a height
by Ahmed Olayinka Sule On 29 April 2017, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua defeated Wladimir Klitschko by a technical knockout in front of an audience of 90,000 to become the IBF, […]
The Trashies winners to be announced at Byline Festival 2-4 June
The Trashies – think a news media equivalent to Hollywood’s Razzies – were created because we believe in the importance of a free, fair and representative press. These awards challenge […]
Music Across Pipelines: Songs from Standing Rock
by Priya Parrotta Natarajan, edited by Adefemi Adekunle And here we stand, at the doorway, to this hallway life brought us here, to this crossroads of lost hope and undeniable […]
Brown men belong in documentaries, not fine art: in conversation with photographer Mahtab Hussain
by Jamal Mehmood These are trying times for the subjects of Mahtab Hussain’s latest work. The artist’s series of portraits titled ‘You Get Me?’ is a timely look at young, […]
A Moving Image: telling the story of gentrification in Brixton
by Shane Thomas Content note: this review contains minor spoilers I’ve always found watching a movie, especially in the cinema, to be an act of psychological – albeit synthetic – transport. […]
