women
The Other Britain
The Rise and Fall of gal-dem
The first British magazine for women and non-binary people of colour is gone. After eight years of publishing, gal-dem shut down due to intractable financial difficulties.(...)
Retro World
The Battleground’s Spring Books List
The Sexism of Everyday Life
Jeanne Dielman, Directed by Chantal Akerman
When Sight and Sound’s once-a-decade poll about the greatest films of all time was published two weeks ago, people were shocked to see Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles at the top.(...)
Stupid and Dangerous
The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, by Oliver Eagleton
Boris Johnson has been a dead man walking for months. His resignation has been more of a relief than a shock.(...)
Hip-Hop Spring
Jolfa, by Alexie Ivanovich
People often speak of a need to express themselves in music. But few in the West contend with the difficulties that face Iranian hip-hop artist Alexie Ivanovich.(...)
Disorienting the Middle East
Medieval Femme, by Fatima Al Qadiri
On her spacious and subtle new album Medieval Femme, Fatima Al Qadiri returns to London’s Hyperdub label to ask forceful questions about the relationship between margin and centre.(...)
Mistreating Minority Women
Austrian Healthcare Apartheid
Up Close and Privileged
Entitlement and Public Service
Recent political events in the UK have shattered preconceptions and questioned our values. Who are we? What do we stand for? Where do we belong?(...)