"UK foreign secretary James Cleverley has called for Iran to “stop the repression of voices within their own country” – the latest instalment of a long tradition of UK politicians expressing (or feigning, depending on your stance) concern _...Read More_

"Depending on where you stand, ‘cancel culture’ is either deserved payback for those who have enjoyed their privilege for too long, or a serious threat to free speech and public life. In his lively and thoughtful book Canceling Comedians, _...Read More_

>"A yearning for the 1980s meets a very 21st century kind of European crisis."

>"And as accusations of improper borrowing increase, what is at stake when boundaries of collective identity are crossed?"

"True. When the history books are written, either February ‘22 (Ukraine) or even possibly 2014 (Crimea) will be considered the start of it."

>"The two-day event will feature music, art, film, and conversation that amplifies voices in the Black community"

>"Across the digital and the real world, the symbols that tie us to our heritage are being scrutinised, remixed and reclaimed in increasingly urgent and creative ways, from the Caricom resistance movement to Imillaskate collective"

"After the up and down it will go sideways"

"Being well practiced, we won the debate. But, chatting with the girls afterward, we found that they disdained our pleasure in victory, along with our hand-me-down polyester ties and blazers, our identical short-back-and-sides haircuts."

"The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary _...Read More_

>"To celebrate today’s publication of Tea Hacic-Vlahovic’s new book, here is an excerpt about sex and failure. A Cigarette Lit Backwards is set in the punk-rock scene of the early 2000s and vibrating with the intense ache of bad choices _...Read More_

"The second installment of TECHNO HUMANITIES, opens a discussion on perceptions and understandings of health and illness."

>"Tongo Eisen-Martin is today’s leading revolutionary poet. His unflinchingly militant and aesthetically bracing poetry has continued to evolve from his debut, Someone’s Dead Already (2015), through the 2018 American Book Award winner _...Read More_

"Exactly. Woke culture has become cult like."

>"There was a particular moment in history when no artistic field was immune to the influence of Islamic design, writes Cath Pound."