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In Conversation With Troy Cabida
STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...
Bianca Layog
Nov 17, 20239 min read


The Grey and Green: Victorian Imagery in Dishonored
Dishonored offers a unique perspective on the Victorian era, blending themes of morality, class struggles, and patriarchy.
Iesa Rahman
Nov 14, 20236 min read


An Evening With Ed Gamble: Comedy and Hunger at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Pal Hanson, Courtesy of Southbank Centre “I think that might be the first time that someone’s started a question at the London...
Dan Ramos Lay
Nov 10, 20236 min read


Yu Miri: The End of August at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Katsumi Omori, Courtesy of Southbank Centre In the Purcell Room on the 22nd of October, I heard The End of August read aloud for...
Bianca Layog
Nov 10, 20239 min read


A Slice of Fried Gold - Nick Frost and Simon Pegg at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Photo by Pete Woodhead, Courtesy of Southbank Centre When talking about his new book A Slice of Fried Gold, Nick Frost giggles like a...
Barney Nuttall
Nov 10, 20233 min read


Birdsong
Photo by Grigoriy on Pexels When the birds in the trees sang in the morning I decided to leave, I listened. Their singing, I’ve heard,...
Ellie Dempster
Oct 30, 20234 min read


Meet the 'Liquidists': New Poets Collective Showcase at LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2023
Rona Luo - Photo by Arnaud Mbaki, Courtesy of Southbank Centre The latest cohort of Southbank Centre’s New Poets Collective have invented...
Lara Mae Simpson
Oct 27, 20237 min read


"Cannons are Heard but Muses are Not Silent": 'Shakespeare at War' at the National Army Museum
Photo Courtesy of National Army Museum Two years into the First World War, John CC Taylor wrote a letter to John Hodgeson, his friend and...
Anna Mowery
Oct 27, 20236 min read


CAN AI KNOW LOVE? Friday Lates: Machine Mythologies at Science Gallery London
Photo by George Torode, Courtesy of Science Gallery London “Can you teach me about love? Words like ‘politics’ and ‘economy’ are more...
Renee Leyyi
Oct 24, 20235 min read


In Conversation With Fathima Zahra, after the R.A.P Party
STRAND writer Bianca Layog interviews three Barbican Young Poets — Fathima Zahra, Troy Cabida, and Jinhao Xie — who performed at the...
Bianca Layog
Oct 23, 202314 min read
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