BARACK OBAMA - Iowa Speech Excerpt 2007
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“…We don’t need more heat in government, we need more light … Hope … That thing inside us that exists, that despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting before us around the corner; but only if we are willing to work for it and fight for it. To shed our fears […]
Awareness, Communities, Concepts, Contemporary, Culture, Events, Freedom, Function, Human rights, Inspiration, News, Philosophy, Political, SocietyGET SHORTY - Seven-Piece Hip Hop/Funk Collective
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Shakila Rajendra chats to the London collective who are determined to make a mark with their cross-genre brand of hip hop/funk music.
Let’s get one thing straight, Shorty aren’t an all singing all dancing group of (let’s be politically correct here) ‘vertically-challenged people’. Neither are they a girl band who named themselves so, out of devotion […]
EXILS - Journey to the Land of Their Fathers
Rukhsana Yasmin reviews Tony Gatlifs tale of two lovers on a journey to discover the land of their fathers.
Exils or Exiles tells the spirited, energetic and heartfelt story of Naima (Lubna Azabal) and her lover Zano (Romain Duris) on their journey to the land of their fathers, Algeria. Lost in the perils of immigration, these […]
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN - Johnny’s Language of Music
John McLaughlin, quite simply, is an eloquent. A guitarist whose musical vocabulary is both fluent and succinct; a musician who has proved he can work on equal terms with players from around the world and in any context. The language of music has rarely been expressed better.
He is also the guitar hero’s guitar hero; admired […]
SLAVERY - 500 YEARS LATER
The film is a compelling compilation of testimonies, voices and opinions gathered around five continents.
The Live8 concert in July this year, in London’s Hyde Park was set up to raise awareness about the Black continent issues, but before the first guitar riffs, the gig highlighted one single home truth: Africans should do it for themselves! […]
OPTRONICA - A Hybrid Festival
A hybrid of film festival and music festival, Optronica is a brand new five-day event focusing on the convergence of visuals and music.
The exquisite alchemy which takes place when music and visuals fuse has long been an underground phenomenon, inspired by early experimental film and developed through the nightclub and alternative art worlds.From acts who […]
JAZZ IN THE CITY - Exploration of Jazz & Art
Nina considers the musical language of jazz to be one of her greatest inspirations. Her exhibition, Jazz in the City is the culmination of a life’s work for this innovative and unique artist.
It also begins a tour featuring Nina as an artist in residence, to include The International Jazz Festival in Moscow, during which Nina’s […]
TURNER PRIZE 2005 - Shortlist
Tate has announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2005. The artists are Darren Almond, Gillian Carnegie, Jim Lambie and Simon Starling.
Darren Almond’s work addresses the themes of time, geography and memory. He uses a wide range of media including film, photography and sculpture to explore the passing of time […]
THE COLONISTS COMPROMISE - The Sugar Wife
The Sugar Wife is a play set in Dublin’s Quaker community of 1840. Written by Elizabeth Kuti, an English-Hungarian writer who moved to Dublin in 1993. Maureen McManus interviewed the playwright to explore the process by which the play was written.
The Sugar Wife tells the story of four characters, the main one being Hannah […]
ISMAIL KADARE - Man Booker International Prize Winner 2005
“Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible… The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship”
Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer of broad international reputation who has been living in France, has won the first ever Man Booker International Prize recently. He has received the prize of £60,000 and a trophy at the Award Ceremony on 27 June 2005 […]
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