Derek Owusu’s cultural highlights
by Derek Owusu
The writer on Beloved by Toni Morrison as his 'perfect novel', being a latecomer to Breaking Bad, his love for Tottenham, healing through the album Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend and racking up 150 hours playing Expedition 33.
Ella Berthoud’s cultural highlights
by Ella Berthoud
The bibliotherapist and artist on Hurvin Anderson at Tate Britain, Justin Haynes' richly satisfying novel Ibis, The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan, the unexpected tenderness of Nick Cave's music and the joy of attending Love Supreme Jazz Festival.
Gabriel Ladbury Dos Santos’ cultural highlights
by Gabriel Ladbury Dos Santos
The writer on the documentary Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, finding identity in Griot Gabriel's poem 'Where I'm From', music by Loyle Carner, the eye-opening film Apocalypse in the Tropics by Petra Costa and the musician Mulaa Joans.
Naneh Hovhannisyan’s cultural highlights
by Naneh Hovhannisyan
The writer on the humanness of Marina Abramović's performance The Artist is Present, the play English by Sanaz Toossi, the mesmerising documentary film 1489 from Shoghakat Vardanyan, connecting to Ireland through Fintan O'Toole's book We Don't Know Ourselves and the painting 'Salome' by Vardges Surenyants.
Tahmima Anam’s cultural highlights
by Tahmima Anam
The author on Namwali Serpell's exquisite book On Morrison, finding an outlet in Apple TV's Shrinking, the film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya by Isao Takahata and the pure joy of AR Rahman x Rushil Ranjan in concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Sasha Darvas’ cultural highlights
by Sasha Darvas
The emerging writer on the trailblazing book Send Nudes by Saba Sams, interviews with British secondary school girls in About the Girls, poetry by George Szirtes, Anna Tihanyi's bizarrely beautiful photography and music by the Londoner Joy Crookes.
Raffaella Sero’s cultural highlights
by Raffaella Sero
The writer on seeing herself in the memoir Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti, Alice Rohrwacher's film La Chimera, the novel Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent, Fish Island Books' compelling Book Supper Club and the magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe.
Meredith Davis’ cultural highlights
by Meredith Davis
The writer, producer and events host on the sensorially immersive experience of Edward George's lecture 'The Strangeness of Dub', the book The Grass Arena by John Healy, the must-see documentary Summer of Soul and Mu jazz bar in London.
Darryl Marsden’s cultural highlights
by Darryl Marsden
The emerging writer and DJ on the mysterious novel The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, the Indian restaurant Bundobust, nights out at Otra's loft parties, rugby league's Magic Weekend and 'The Great Moving Right Show' by Stuart Hall.