Liberty Martin’s cultural highlights
by Liberty Martin
The writer on the photography exhibition LMK WHEN U REACH by Bernice Mulenga, the album Forever, Ya Girl from KeiyaA, Boy Parts by Eliza Clark as her favourite book of the year, the video series Under the Cover, and the wonder of Brixton Community Cinema.
Veronica Chambers’ cultural highlights
The author on the legacy of librarian Belle da Costa Greene, The Estate at the National Theatre, her love for the artist Yoshitomo Nara, the audiobook of Persuasion by Jane Austen, and Rewriting History by artist Fabiola Jean-Louis.
Miraya McCoy’s cultural highlights
Miraya McCoy on the Cursed Objects podcast, Blood Orange's album Essex Honey, Otherworlds by Federico Campagna, the artist Behzad Dehno, and Vicky Lindo and William Brookes' Dead Dad Book.
Sophie Jai’s cultural highlights
The author on Thievery Corporation's The Richest Man in Babylon, Shadow Prince by the poet Farah Ghafoor, the Sangam House writing residency in India, the play Take d Milk, Nah? by Jivesh Parasram, and Anthony Joseph as her favourite WritersMosaic writer.
Zena Edwards’s cultural highlights
The multifaceted artist and cultural producer on Black Collage, Tom Hardy in the film Locke, ‘Ruellia Noctiflora’ by the poet Marilyn Nelson, celebrating Nikki Giovanni, foraging for food and Danny James King's play Miss Myrtle's Garden.
Andy Bay’s cultural highlights
by Andy Bay
The writer on Alice Coltrane's album Ptah the El Daoud, Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, the relationship between Paula Rego and Anthony Rudolph, and John Haidt's The Anxious Generation.
Jade E. Bradford’s cultural highlights
The author on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, Yepoka Yeebo's Anansi’s Gold, Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour, Ryan Coogler's Sinners, The Hay Festival and Portmeirion in North Wales
Roger Robinson’s cultural highlights
by Roger Robinson
The poet on browsing Bookmongers, dining at Clover's, good vibes at Lion Vibes Records, diving into the National Poetry Library, and the minimalist murals of the Church of Notre Dame de France, Soho.
Sunila Galappatti’s cultural highlights
The dramaturg on the Akram Khan's Chotto Desh, Zarlasht Halaimzai on being a refugee, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s seascapes, Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats, Fats Domino On a Slow Boat to China and long distance trains.