Charlie Bertsch / 22 Dec 2021
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.(...)
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Charlie Bertsch / 14 Jul 2021
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.(...)
Fausia A. / 13 Apr 2021
Mistreating Minority Women
Austrian Healthcare Apartheid
Abortion is legal in Austria within the first three months of pregnancy, after consultation with a doctor. And every year, around 30,000 abortions are performed in the country. Women of colour make up for more than a third of those who undergo an abortion, and nearly half of them are foreign-born. Why is this?(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 11 Jan 2021
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?(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 04 Mar 2020
Power in the Darkness
Kaelan Mikla’s Riot Goth Noir
If someone put you in a dark room and played you a version of Icelandic band Kaelan Mikla minus the vocals, you might well wonder which neglected post-punk band from the early ‘80s was in the process of being rediscovered. (...)
John Foster / 24 Feb 2020
Revenge on Germany
Miriam Gebhardt’s Crimes Unspoken
The rape of hundreds of thousands of German women in the waning days of the Second World War has historically gotten short shrift, both as crime and tragedy. (...)
Joel Schalit / 21 Oct 2019
If Not Now, When?
The Crisis in Rojava
When was the last time that Washington backed the good guys? Barack Obama's support for Syria's Kurds was always a fraught proposition.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 02 Aug 2019
Art Against Populism
The Images of Marjolijn den Boer
It used to be said that art imitates life. But in a world of larger-than-life leaders elected thanks to fame or fortune, we begin to see life imitating art. Pop art, to be more precise. (...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 23 Jul 2019
Democracy is Not Brexit
#March for Change
It was a grassroots gathering. Spread online and by word of mouth, in what felt like a whisper. And so assorted groups of normally quiet Remainers assembled in London to march on Parliament. (...)