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The Meaning of Zong at Barbican Theatre
It is all too easy to shy away from the past, especially when it concerns the more unpalatable…
By Jonathan MarshallCulture
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Album
Enter Shikari – A Kiss for the Whole World
Many people wondered if they would ever hear from Enter Shikari again. They sort of slipped off after…
By Will Snell
Cinema & TV
Peter Pan & Wendy: On the red carpet with Jude Law, Yara Shahidi, Ever Anderson and Alexander Molony
Next in the Disney canon to get the live-action treatment is 1953 animation Peter Pan, based on the…
By Sarah Bradbury
Art
Style and Society: Dressing the Georgians at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
The 18th century was a revolutionary time in many ways, not least for what people wore. The rise…
By Jessica Wall
Show
Drops of God
Camille (Fleur Geffrier) has a complicated relationship with alcohol. Linked to traumatic sensory memories, her body outright rejects…
By Selina Sondermann
Movie
God’s Petting You
At one point during God’s Petting You, a bemused therapist (played by Alice Lowe) berates the film’s narrator,…
By Andrew Murray
Movie
A Thousand and One
AV Rockwell’s debut feature may be yet another deep dive into the racial exploitation of America’s inner cities…
By Matthew McMillan
Cinema & TV
“Anything is a landmine; you always run the risk of crossing the guardians of the temple”: Screenwriter Quoc Dang Tran on Drops of God
In 2004, a manga series first saw the light of day and became so popular that it significantly…
By Selina Sondermann
Art
Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library
Animals: Art, Science and Sound is the first major exhibition to explore how animals have been written about,…
By Jessica Wall
Live music
SYML at Koko
London seems to have been an emotional, nostalgia-infused stop for SYML, the indie-pop solo project of singer-songwriter and…
By Benedetta Mancusi