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Reviews
The Secret Agent
Anahit Behrooz reviews The Secret Agent from the director Kleber Mendonça Filho, a spy thriller set under Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s, which is as much about the contemporary moment as it is its period setting.
Jarred McGinnis’ cultural highlights
The writer on the emotional candidness of the book Collapse by Édouard Louis, prehistoric paintings in Chauvet Cave, the haunting beauty of Greer Lankton's artwork, the film No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook and Wetopia's approach to sustainable tourism.
Talismans of migration
Toxic debates around migration overlook the fact that it takes enormous courage to upsticks and travel thousands of miles to begin a new life in a foreign land. Migration may be a passport to a better future, but what do you leave behind when you migrate to a new country, and what do you carry with you physically and emotionally wherever you land? Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
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Rolling luggage
A stylish mother sends her daughter off to England from Puerto Rico with a set of luggage fit for royalty and a precious family heirloom.
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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.
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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The state of the world
Ella and Isabelle reflect on, and provide prescriptions for, the state of the world. How can fiction help us to understand what we are living through, how to handle it and continue to fight for values, for a world we want to live in?
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The Secret Agent
A film as much about the contemporary moment as its period setting
Sinners
A soulful, blues-soaked explosion of music centres this Southern Gothic and slasher horror
Belgrave Road
Big questions about ‘home’ haunt the silences between the star-crossed lovers
There Is No Meant to Be
Jarred McGinnis's novel explores the succession of male violence that poisoned seven generations of McGinnis sons
Sentimental Value
‘It’s hard to love someone without mercy.’ Joachim Trier illustrates the intimacy between reconciliation, forgiveness, and the home in Sentimental Value.
On seeing Iran in the news, I want to say
A poet reflects on what it's like to be of Iranian descent and to witness terrible news coming out of Iran.
Sad Song of Plantain poem
'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box'
Regarding Turner
What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?
Building Literary Resistance
Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim
Other Wild
Emily Zobel Marshall invites us to heal by connecting to our senses and the natural world
Fiction Prescriptions
Co-hosts Ella Berthoud and Isabelle Dupuy introduce our new podcast series, Fiction Prescriptions, focussed on bibliotherapy. Each month listeners can write in with their dilemmas, and our dynamic duo will suggest remedies for the head and heart, drawn from books.
Events
Featured event
Iranian Women’s Voices at the British Library
WritersMosaic recently presented an evening of poetry, film and music at the British Library in London to showcase Iranian Women's Voices, inspired by the poet and filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad.
WritersMosaic Live
Join us on tour in 2026
Find out more about the literary festivals we’re visiting this year
Free Will
Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
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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The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.
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