My God Is A Trickster is a poem written by Faraz Rezai inspired by 20th-century philosopher Alan Watts’ thought experiment about God.

All photography by James Merchant Crossed At Shore Still, the sound of the sea Breaking against the strand, Strangling the stray sand Is...

Photo by Sophie Davidson, courtesy of Southbank Centre 2024 is the year of The North. With many new books coming out featuring Northern...

Poet Suki Vita brings words to life in her latest single ‘The Underpass Lover.’ Suki Vita, member of Japanese punk band Babe and Dusters...

Photo by Daniel James (licensed under Unsplash Licence) It’s a Wednesday night in Clapham, and my friend and I are standing outside a gay...

Video by T.S. Eliot Prize on YouTube The T. S. Eliot Prize is an annual award bestowed on the author of the best – well, according to...

Photo by Anainah Dalal So often, in art and all that surrounds it, we tend to get caught up in binaries. Binaries of meanings and...

STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...

STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...

Rona Luo - Photo by Arnaud Mbaki, Courtesy of Southbank Centre The latest cohort of Southbank Centre’s New Poets Collective have invented...