InSight

Torn Lace

A WritersMosaic Film based on Shivanee Ramlochan's poem 'The World’s Oldest Woman Offers Herself for Dissection', from Torn Lace, a correspondence between Shivanee Ramlochan and Andre Bagoo. Animation by Holly Telfer. Produced by Missohio Studio.
19th October 2023

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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

Rianna Simons: 'I think there are two things going on in the play that I try to do. One of them is the characters trying to do something as opposed to doing nothing, and then there's the whole thing of being seen to do something.'

In conversation with Luca Newman

Matthew Xia: 'My job as a director is all about big picture. Literally to sit at the back of the auditorium and ensure that the story is being told, and then lots of other people will worry about the details.'

In conversation with Trish Cooke

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

Close Up

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Essays / Fiction / Poetry / Memoir

Literally the shittiest night!

What really matters, even in literally the shittiest times

Isis Davis

‘AI’m not gagging’

On AI and the future of the novel

Taíno Mendez

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.

Marjorie Lotfi

My Hit List

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One person's reading, watching, listening and visiting

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Reviews

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Books / Film / Stage / Art / Music

The Beginning Comes After the End

A tool of resistance reminding us of what has already happened

Chitra Ramaswamy

Fundamentally

Filthy, shocking and fearlessly confrontational

Ella Berthoud

“Wuthering Heights”

Emerald Fennell's adaptation is visually captivating and provocative, but does it match Brontë’s jagged meditation on race, class and generational trauma?

Danielle Papamichael

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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Talismans of migration

Nine writers with migrant backgrounds reveal the secrets of their talismans of migration.

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