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Jul 3, 20236 min read

75 Years After Windrush: A Love Letter to the Sounds of Black Britain

Photo by Friedrich Magnussen via Wikimedia Commons (licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE) On June 22 1948, HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the...

Jun 9, 20234 min read

BFI Film on Film: A Different Type of Film Festival

The inaugural Film on Film Festival at BFI Southbank kicks off this Thursday, featuring a wide range of film screenings, all with one...

Oct 11, 20195 min read

SAMI VALITE—'BUG OUT YOURSELF'—a picturesque protest by the activist brand KULTRAB during po

Kultrab, a Russian oppositional brand, carries a burden of merging fashion and politics. It transformed ordinary clothes release into a poli

Jun 14, 20193 min read

'Reflecting upon GENERATIONS: Connecting Across Time and Place' Review

Curated by eleven students on the MA in Curating the Art Museum at the Courtauld Institute of Art and hosted by Somerset House,...

Nov 25, 20185 min read

Concrete Decisions: Should Historical Monuments Be Reconstructed?

The reconstruction of historical sites is such a regularly occurring practice that we seldom blink when they are scaffolded and taped off...

Nov 23, 20185 min read

Urban Chronicles - A portrait on Iain Sinclair

You can find the original version of this article on the Funzel Iain Sinclair, one could say, is obsessed with London. The Last London,...

Mar 1, 20182 min read

T-Shirt: Cult-Culture-Subversion Review - The Fashion and Textile Museum

9th February – 6th May 2018 Adult: £9.90 Concessions: £8.80 Students: £7 View Here Everyone wears them. They often go unnoticed. Then...

Aug 15, 20172 min read

Let’s rethink how music streaming culture is shaping our listening habits

According to data collected through the Spotify analytics team, you’re 49% likely to skip a song before it has ended, and nearly a...

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