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Othello
Taíno Mendez appraises the tongue-in-cheek production of Othello, directed by Tom Morris, showing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, until 17 January 2026.
Connor Allen’s cultural highlights
The multidisciplinary artist on the storytelling of Dave's album The Boy Who Played The Harp, I Want to Die but I want to Eat Tteokbokki by the late Baek Se-hee, the power of the poem Home from Warsan Shire, the TV series This Country, and the Places + Faces exhibition.
Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist
Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961) by the Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon are classics of anti-colonial literature. Ten writers here explore Fanon’s legacy, his radical work as a psychiatrist, his writing, and his commitment towards independence movements – all part of a remarkable life that came to an end when Fanon died from cancer aged just 36.
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Inglan mad dem
A former medical student yearns to have been familiar with the writing of Frantz Fanon who might have acted as a guide during his years of studies.
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Poetry films
Four UK based poets read their work and pieces that have been inspirational. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with WritersMosaic.
Mimi Khalvati
Mimi Khlavati came to the UK from Iran as a child and has turned her home into a museum with memorabilia and artifacts from her family.
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Othello
'We really must be living in strange times if we go to watch Othello for jokes. But perhaps laughter is the only way to deal with grief.'
The Catch
Yrsa Daley-Ward deftly writes two unique voices and paints them both as unreliable narrators
The best books of 2025
Literary highlights of 2025, from Arundhati Roy's memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me to Sarah Howe's poetry collection Foretokens Flesh
Promised Sky
A textured, unassuming and heart-breaking story of immigrant women facing the rising forces of xenophobia and racism in Tunisia
Prisoner 951
A quietly devastating miniseries based on the six-year ordeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the Iranian regime's prisons
Borderline Fiction
An immersive and innovative portrait of a young Black British man dealing with the complexity of his mental health condition
The Wickedest
Caleb Femi turns a party into a poetry collection where everyone is invited - so long as they remember to dance.
Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu ‘gives hope and light’
Celebrating 'a very soul-led, humanistic experience' at the Turner Prize 2025
Ever Since We Small
Celeste Mohammed's novel explores both the far-reaching impacts of colonialism and the small realities of life that binds its characters
Tell My Horse
My favourite book; an audacious, compelling and forensic expedition into Jamaican and Haitian socio-cultural lived experience in the early twentieth century
Between tradition and innovation: Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s cross-cultural currents
Drawing of parallels between the art of Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Kerry James Marshall
Poetry Africa
A cornerstone of South Africa’s literary and performance scene celebrating voices from across the continent
Mos Def & writers who inspired me
Discovering Mos Def led to an unfolding of the written word in rap, literature, non-fiction and poetry
Soft soft: listening to birds in Baiso
My purpose in Baiso, Italy: eat well and write more elegies about birds.
Shaped and moulded by a sense of place
'With the sandstone sculpture of an Odissi dancer, silver filigree metalwork and fragrant jasmine flowers in the garden, home for me lives on in London.'
Jimmy Cliff’s influence on the soul of reggae
Jimmy Cliff’s death last month prompted an outpouring of affection. In an augmented extract from I&I: The Natural Mystics, a social history of Jamaica, our Director reflects on Cliff’s emergence as a reggae pioneer.
Events
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Malcolm X at 100: at the Edinburgh Festival
To mark the centenary of Malcom X's birth, WritersMosaic partnered with the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025 to delve into his enduring role as a revolutionary and a symbol of defiance.
WritersMosaic Live
Join us on tour in 2026
Find out more about the literary festivals we’re visiting this year
Reggae Story
Hannah Lowe reads her poem, 'Reggae Story' inspired by her Jamaican father, Chick. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
The City Kids See the Sea
Roger Robinson reads his poem, 'The City Kids See the Sea'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.
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The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon, his work as a psychiatrist and commitment to independence movements.
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A six-part audio drama series featuring writers with provocative and unexpected tales.
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