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.
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.
Mendez on Wesley Brown's Tragic Magic, Endlessness by Nala Sinephro, Studio Richter Mahr, Donald Rodney at Whitechapel Gallery, and the film Neptune Frost.
Gabriel Gbadamosi on London's topological tube map, the artist Cato, a Nelly Sachs poetry collection, Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice, and the Ezra Collective.
Bella Denise on the band The Smile, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Mike Leigh’s film Naked,Shane Meadow’s TV series This is England, and Steve McQueen's remembrance of the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower.
Amanda Vilanova on Esquina El Watusi, Able Noise's High Tide, singer-songwriter, Mima, Al Qué Quiere by William Carlos William and Akram Khan’s Giselle
Delon Jessop on Dan Hancock’s study of crowd psychology, Arthur Verocai’s debut album,Taylor Sheridan's Landman TV series, the Troy Bar and a poetry night: Adult Entertainment.
Suzanne Harrington on the film Kneecap, new stage versions of Oedipus & Elektra, Cathy Sweeney’s debut novel, Breakdown, photographs of Fashion Renegades of 80s London, and the TV thriller Say Nothing.
Franklin Nelson on Annie Ernaux's The Years, the Media Confidential podcast, Claudette Johnson's Darker than Blue, Ernest Cole's photos on surviving South African apartheid, and Meshell Ndegeocello's gospel tribute to James Baldwin.