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.
Helena Geilinger’s cultural highlights
by Helena Geilinger
The writer and producer on the intensity of the documentary Fire of Love, the album spirit by cktrl, the anti-capitalist message of the book Old Hat, New Hat, the performance Supra by Jasleen Kaur and Rose Wylie's exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Yiyang Zhao’s cultural highlights
by Yiyang Zhao
The emerging writer on Zhou Shen's mind-blowing vocals, the book Misery by Stephen King, The Play That Goes Wrong, her obsession with immersive ancient China banquets and the variety show Melody Journey.