Sophie Jai’s cultural highlights
by Sophie Jai
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 and the play Take d Milk, Nah? by Jivesh Parasram.
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.
Mendez’s cultural highlights
by Taíno Mendez
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’s cultural highlights
by Gabriel Gbadamosi
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’s cultural highlights
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.