In conversation
Linda Brogan in conversation with Gabriel Gbadamosi
On Linda’s project to excavate the Reno nightclub, an archaeological exploration and affirmation of the presence and voice of Moss Side’s ‘mixed race’ community in Manchester.
16th April, 2021
'My mum is white... I can go anywhere as, ‘I’m Linda, a strong black woman’. But I can’t go anywhere in the world and say, ‘I’m Linda, a strong white woman’'
Regarding Turner
What does knowing of the revered British artist's investment in chattel slavery mean for his legacy?
Building Literary Resistance
Personal reflections as a white, non-Muslim, middle-class editor for the journal Critical Muslim
Watching a theatre go dark
What we lost with the Blue Elephant Theatre
Pluribus
‘The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.’
Sentimental Value
‘It’s hard to love someone without mercy.’ Joachim Trier illustrates the intimacy between reconciliation, forgiveness, and the home in Sentimental Value
A New New Me
A novel as mischievous and multiplicitous as its protagonist
Reggae Story
Hannah Lowe reads her poem, 'Reggae Story' inspired by her Jamaican father, Chick. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
The City Kids See the Sea
Roger Robinson reads his poem, 'The City Kids See the Sea'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
Illuminating, in-depth conversations between writers.
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The series that tells the true-life stories of migration to the UK.
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Afro-Caribbean writer Frantz Fanon, his work as a psychiatrist and commitment to independence movements.
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