InSight

Diggers and Builders

How might writers also work as community activists? Are the two compatible? For WritersMosaic the playwright Linda Brogan, crime writer Peter Kalu, poet Shamshad Khan and screenwriter Jonny Wright join forces to resist the idea of ‘community’ as amateur, less good and low budget.
3rd September 2023

InSight

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Films from WritersMosaic

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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.

In Conversation

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Writers talking to writers

Dr Allen Zimbler: 'I'm here to learn and to observe and to just have the privileged of seeing a people who are somewhat different from us in so many ways.'

In conversation with Vayu Naidu

Yvonne Singh: 'One talk that [Samuel Jules Celestine Edwards] gave in Portsmouth, the room filled so much with people that the floor gave way, and 60 people fell into the cellar beneath.'

In conversation with John Siddique

Zena Edwards: 'I wanted to be somebody who embodied an entire stage, changed the atmosphere in the room because of the character.'

In conversation with Delon Jessop

Close Up

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Essays / Fiction / Poetry / Memoir

Sad Song of Plantain poem

'I lie as quiet as death in this ‘three for two pounds’ cardboard box.'

Roger Robinson

Regarding Turner

What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?

Franklin Nelson

Building Literary Resistance

Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim

Naomi Foyle

My Hit List

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One person's reading, watching, listening and visiting

Lily-Ann Cunningham’s cultural highlights
Savannah Acquah’s cultural highlights
Amy Jackson’s cultural highlights
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Reviews

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Books / Film / Stage / Art / Music

There Is No Meant to Be

Jarred McGinnis's novel explores the succession of male violence that poisoned seven generations of McGinnis sons

Suzanne Harrington

My Father’s Shadow

An interrogation of ruptured father-son relationships

Colin Grant

Pluribus

‘The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.’

Nou Ra

Podcasts

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Original series from WritersMosaic

Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.

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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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Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist

Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon, his work as a psychiatrist and commitment to independence movements.

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