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Shoot the People

Andy Mundy-Castle's documentary portrait of the the British-Nigerian photographer, filmmaker and activist Misan Harriman examines the artistic lens as a means to provoke the collective consciousness.

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Foday Mannah: 'Growing up in Sierra Leone... if you can convince people that I am a proxy to a higher power, that is significant power to yield.'

In conversation with Bashabi Fraser

Sanjoy K Roy: 'A thousand years later, it appears we'd all chosen to be reborn together in this lifetime, to work through out entangled karma and find ways to forget and heal.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Manjeet Mann: 'Now look at you, standing still, wondering if you have the will. But inside you there's a weapon, a spark, a fire, a sound. Harness its strength. Don't wait. Don't hide. Don't fear the fight.'

In conversation with Sita Brahmachari

John Jackson: 'I wanted to write it as a thriller with a very unusual lead; a character who would traditionally be non-speaking, in the background of scenes, bringing cups of tea or taking the kids is the star of the show.'

In conversation with Jonny Wright

Dean Atta: 'They won't be here forever, maybe just as long as this poem. These two Black boys in paradise.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

Misan Harriman: 'I agree with Robert Frank who said about photography, “the eye should learn to listen before it looks.”'

In conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi

Foday Mannah: 'Growing up in Sierra Leone... if you can convince people that I am a proxy to a higher power, that is significant power to yield.'

In conversation with Bashabi Fraser

Sanjoy K Roy: 'A thousand years later, it appears we'd all chosen to be reborn together in this lifetime, to work through out entangled karma and find ways to forget and heal.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Manjeet Mann: 'Now look at you, standing still, wondering if you have the will. But inside you there's a weapon, a spark, a fire, a sound. Harness its strength. Don't wait. Don't hide. Don't fear the fight.'

In conversation with Sita Brahmachari

John Jackson: 'I wanted to write it as a thriller with a very unusual lead; a character who would traditionally be non-speaking, in the background of scenes, bringing cups of tea or taking the kids is the star of the show.'

In conversation with Jonny Wright

Dean Atta: 'They won't be here forever, maybe just as long as this poem. These two Black boys in paradise.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

Misan Harriman: 'I agree with Robert Frank who said about photography, “the eye should learn to listen before it looks.”'

In conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi

Foday Mannah: 'Growing up in Sierra Leone... if you can convince people that I am a proxy to a higher power, that is significant power to yield.'

In conversation with Bashabi Fraser

Sanjoy K Roy: 'A thousand years later, it appears we'd all chosen to be reborn together in this lifetime, to work through out entangled karma and find ways to forget and heal.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Manjeet Mann: 'Now look at you, standing still, wondering if you have the will. But inside you there's a weapon, a spark, a fire, a sound. Harness its strength. Don't wait. Don't hide. Don't fear the fight.'

In conversation with Sita Brahmachari

John Jackson: 'I wanted to write it as a thriller with a very unusual lead; a character who would traditionally be non-speaking, in the background of scenes, bringing cups of tea or taking the kids is the star of the show.'

In conversation with Jonny Wright

Dean Atta: 'They won't be here forever, maybe just as long as this poem. These two Black boys in paradise.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

Misan Harriman: 'I agree with Robert Frank who said about photography, “the eye should learn to listen before it looks.”'

In conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi

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Everyone has an elsewhere

Remembrance is central to memoir writing, but our memories are often unreliable. Psychologists assert that as every time we recount an episode in our lives it is often tweaked and subtly fictionalised. In ‘Everyone has an elsewhere’, nine writers answer the challenge of writing without verifiable facts and few sources. They explore the elusive emotional truth behind narratives and storytelling.

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Searching for Nelsa Lowe

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Sketches from the edges

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Think pathology?

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Forests where past and present meet

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My father’s places

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Luc and Peggy

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Anna Freud at the Freud Museum

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King Herod in Florida

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My father’s places

A son's remembrance of his father through idyllic seasons at a Kashmir mountain resort.

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Four UK based poets read their work and pieces that have been inspirational. Commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with WritersMosaic.

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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.

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Anthony Anaxagorou reads his poem, ‘Things Already Lost’.

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Marjorie Lotfi reads her poem, ‘The Hebridean Crab Apple’.

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Anthony Anaxagorou reads his poem, ‘Things Already Lost’.

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Marjorie Lotfi reads her poem, ‘The Hebridean Crab Apple’.

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Jo Clement reads her poem, ‘Playing Cards’.

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Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem, ‘Right Now I’m Standing’.

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Jo Clement reads her poem, ‘Playing Cards’.

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Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem, ‘Right Now I’m Standing’.

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Fiction Prescriptions

Great novels offer insights into the human condition but can they also be tools for living? Co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy provide bibliotherapy in our new podcast series. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from novels, poetry and prose collections.

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Food

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The manosphere

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Parenting

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The state of the world

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Love

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New Year’s resolutions

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Food

Is food solely necessity and security, or does it represent something deeper? Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy discuss, through fiction, how food can be a love language, a tool, a weapon and a means of bringing people together.

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Zineb Sedira

Zineb Sedira's installation at Tate Britain brings 20th century African cinema to centre stage

Franklin Nelson

Shoot the People

Andy Mundy-Castle's documentary portrait of the the British-Nigerian photographer, filmmaker and activist Misan Harriman

Zebib K. Abraham

Uprising

Tahmima Anam's unflinching novel inspired by the real women of Banishanta, Bangladesh

Mirza Waheed

One Leg on Earth

Under the dreamlike surface is a novel with a clear, cold argument

Mahika Dhar

Hurvin Anderson

A meditation on the illusory nature of the reality of Britain’s entangled history

Colin Grant

Kin

The journey of two childhood friends in the segregated South as their lives drastically diverge

Jade E. Bradford

Afghanistanism

'Red is the colour of joy and beauty and also of the killing that comes in waves'

Maggie Gee

The Rise of the Roman Empire

An atypical history

Damian Le Bas

Father Mother Sister Brother

Jim Jarmusch’s anthology film plays out like a game of musical chairs between three sets of siblings and their parents

Anahit Behrooz

Close Up

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A trail through the archive of Black British history

An overlooked canon of Black British literature waiting to be uncovered

Lanre Bakare

The gift of time

'There is nothing like the first 1,000 or so words, those first voices, the wild ideas and unfiltered dialogue scribbled into notebooks'

Salena Godden

Didi

'My Grandfather did not let the world harden him. His eyes, which have greyed with his hair, shine like buttons when he laughs.'

Meredith Davis

Gentle Euphoria

A rare chance to rejoice in the collective craft of writing

Patricia Cumper

Ideas are like rabbits

‘Ideas are like rabbits, you get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you will have a dozen’

Mona Dash

Soundsystem as pedagogy

'You left recalibrated. Heartbeat altered. Shoulders lowered.'

Roger Robinson

Bad Signal

'All language use can be seen as extending a hand; words and their corresponding meanings are always about relationships'

Anthony Anaxagorou

When journalism is silenced

What is the responsibility of the writer?

Juliet Gilkes Romero

Literally the shittiest night!

What really matters, even in literally the shittiest times

Isis Davis

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Colin Grant: What We Leave We Carry at Southbank Centre

Join Colin Grant in celebration of his book, What We Leave We Carry, with storytellers and migrants Suzanne Harrington, Maria Jastrzębska, Amanda Vilanova and Clementine Burnley at Southbank Centre, 26 August, 7.45 pm.

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Free Will

Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

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Half Written Love Letter

Selina Nwulu reads her poem, 'Half Written Love Letter'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

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What we leave we carry, The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.

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Fiction Prescriptions

Bibliotherapy for the head and the heart

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Everyone has an elsewhere

Nine writers explore the elusive emotional truth behind narratives and storytelling.

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