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Toby Corton’s Queer Inspired Soundscape: East Croydon artist performs in futuretense free gig series

Gia Deitch

Oct 303 min read

Toby Corton’s Queer Inspired Soundscape: East Croydon artist performs in futuretense free gig series

Gig review of Toby Corton's futuretense Southbank Centre performance.

Contemporary Chronicling: In Conversation with Ted Hodgkinson Ahead of the London Literature Festival

Dan Ramos Lay

Oct 205 min read

Contemporary Chronicling: In Conversation with Ted Hodgkinson Ahead of the London Literature Festival

“ We love words .” When preparing for my interview with Ted Hodgkinson, head of literature and spoken word at the Southbank Centre, I...

Celebrating An Oft-Overlooked Genre: Reviewing 'Crazy Smooth: In My Body' at the Southbank Centre

Faye Elder

Jul 202 min read

Celebrating An Oft-Overlooked Genre: Reviewing 'Crazy Smooth: In My Body' at the Southbank Centre

Moments of vulnerability offer personal accounts of the problems that embroil a dance career: ageing, motherhood, and injury.

Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley and a Night of Re-Education

Anainah Dalal

Apr 44 min read

Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley and a Night of Re-Education

Photo by Anainah Dalal Capitalism is perhaps the most discussed phenomena in the world, whether it be by proponents of it or those that...

Challenging Narratives About The North: 'Pity' by Andrew McMillan at the Southbank Centre

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...

The Best Poetry of 2023 - T.S. Eliot Prize Readings Review

Leda Schenke Gonis

Jan 2812 min read

The Best Poetry of 2023 - T.S. Eliot Prize Readings Review

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...

An Evening in the In-Between: Bi+ Lines at the National Poetry Library

Anainah Dalal

Dec 14, 20234 min read

An Evening in the In-Between: Bi+ Lines at the National Poetry Library

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...

Sir Ian Rankin's 'The Rise' at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

Molly Whiting

Nov 17, 20237 min read

Sir Ian Rankin's 'The Rise' at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

As part of this year’s London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre, Sir Ian Rankin graced Queen Elizabeth Hall to discuss his new...

Where Do We Go From Here? Oliver Jeffers: Begin Again at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

Sophie Cheung

Nov 17, 20233 min read

Where Do We Go From Here? Oliver Jeffers: Begin Again at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

Photo by Caroline Tompkins, Courtesy of Southbank Centre From How to Catch a Star and The Way Back Home, Oliver Jeffers has written and...

"Significance blooms like mad" - Helen Oyeyemi: Trying at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

Jorvell Ong

Nov 17, 20233 min read

"Significance blooms like mad" - Helen Oyeyemi: Trying at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023

Photo by Tereza Linhartová, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “The sense we make gets broken all the time,” as in life as it is in art. What...

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