Our Editor-in-Chief Safi Bugel caught up with Leeds-based photographers and friends Adam French and Cassio Dimande to discuss influences, home developing and capturing Black communities and identities. When did you both get into photography and […]
REVIEW: Kae Tempest’s ‘On Connections’
The first thing that hits you about Kae Tempest’s new non-fiction collection On Connection is the prose. The rhythmic quality to it, the subtle use of rhyme and syntax would make this book a joy […]
Black History Month: Writer’s Recommendations
Arts and Culture writer Marjolaine Marsile details important historical figures in both Black History and Black Art. Joséphine Baker The incredible ‘J’ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris‘ was sung by an African-American French woman […]
REVIEW: The Devil All The Time
This film feels like a compilation of several independently shot stories that make no coherent sense as one film. It’s through a dysfunctional and disorientating timeline, jumping from storyline to storyline with little linkage, rushing […]
Writers Band Together Against J.K. Rowling
Oh, J.K. Rowling. Have you ever known anybody make such a royal mess of an empire they’ve built up over the best part of a few decades? I certainly haven’t. Once beloved for creating a […]
Black History Month: Writer’s Recommendations
Arts and Culture writer Madeleine Gauci Green shares some of her favourite Black authors and theatre! Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic novel made up of interconnected […]
5 International Netflix Shows and Films You Need to Add to Your List!
Due to the pandemic, unfortunately, no one will be walking down the aisle and buckling up as they jet-set into a foreign country anytime soon. However, Netflix has presented us with the next best thing, […]
Overturned Cobbles: Leeds Black History Walks
‘The pattern of historic silencing becomes disturbingly clear…‘ Recolouring an erased history is an intimidating task, yet a necessary one. Over a two-hour period, Joe Williams and Vanessa Mudd take their fellow walkers through millennia […]
The Fight for Marvel’s New Endgame
There is no denying that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a juggernaut of a conglomerate – seemingly percolating into every part of society – film, television, video games, comics and merchandise. Even if you are […]
British cultural nostalgia and history lessons: A visit to the British Culture Archive
Alexandra Stewart dives into the British Culture Archive and takes a look at British culture ranging from 1960s rave footage through to Thatcher’s Britain, social housing and acid house.
Retroactive remedying: How can depictions of Blackface be torn down?
Owen Frost explores the most recent removal of Blackface depictions both within television and film – and how they can effectively be torn down.
Ofcom – Silencer or Amplifier?
Scrolling through the recent list of unpursued complaints on Ofcom’s website is baffling and hilarious; there’s a drinking game in there somewhere. On the 11th July, 2020, some poor sap was so horrified by Channel […]