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The Arts and Culture Magazine
LONDON'S
AWARD-WINNING
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Ariana Nazir
Nov 154 min read
'Layla' Review: Embracing Identity, Defying Expectations
Layla (2024) is Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning directorial debut, depicting the journey of the non-binary trans ‘Layla’ ( Bilal Hasna), who...
Lara Mae Simpson
Feb 195 min read
Challenging Narratives About The North: 'Pity' by Andrew McMillan at the Southbank Centre
Photo by Sophie Davidson, courtesy of Southbank Centre 2024 is the year of The North. With many new books coming out featuring Northern...
Trisha Gupta & Anna Mowery
Nov 3, 20234 min read
'As You Like It' at Shakespeare's Globe: Review
Hijinks ensue as the characters fall in and out of love.
Mia Jones
Oct 31, 20234 min read
‘Neither and Both’: the Gender-Queer Body in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Image by Carole Radiate through Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Gender-queer bodies, while seeming like a hot topic among politicians in recent...
Tori Taylor
May 29, 20233 min read
How Can We 'Queer' Musical Theatre?
Musical theatre is a gay space, but not a queer one.
Charli Oakeby
Mar 23, 20233 min read
“He Was A Woman”: Orlando Enchants London’s West End
Women's History Month X KCLSU: Staging a modernist, queer story, of which Virginia Woolf is at the centre. Spellbinding, tender, and...
Holly Cornall
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Queer Voices at Foyles
To celebrate Pride month, Foyles hosted an evening with four brilliant queer authors to explore the power of their voices within the...
Lara Mae Simpson
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Last Word Festival 2022 - The Beauty of Queer Ghana in Sankofa: Before the Whitewash
On the 15th June, Abena Essah showcased their debut play Sankofa: Before the Whitewash to a sold out audience at the Roundhouse Studio...
Kathryn O'Rourke
May 12, 20224 min read
Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry at the ICA
The Institute of Contemporary Art presented Exaggerated Claims: Power and Pleasure in Poetry in partnership with its exhibition...
Holly Cornall
Apr 23, 20223 min read
Queer Gothic Tales: Leon Craig in Conversation at Waterstones Gower Street
On the 8th April, Waterstones Gower Street invited Leon Craig, a writer and member of the LGBT+ writing collective The Future is Back, to...
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