Review: ‘Now Is the Time to Say Nothing’ at Mayfest – a plea for human empathy amidst Syrian conflict

11th May 2018   A collaboration between director Caroline Williams, Syrian artist/filmmaker Reem Karssli and teenagers from London’s Young Vic Taking Part project, Now Is the Time to Say Nothing attempts to humanise the everyday horrors of the Syrian war… Continue Reading

Best of Bristol 2015: Art

Image: Max McClure

We run down the best Art projects and exhibitions from the last 12-months, and choose our number one. For me, the visual art highlights of the year came from exhibitions that were in a way poles apart. Theaster Gates’ Sanctum was… Continue Reading

Review: Stewart Lansley & Joanna Mack discuss inequality and poverty in ‘Breadline Britain’

20th October 2015 As the sword of Damocles hangs over the heads of the less economically endowed sections of UK society, with a number of high profile cuts being instigated to social spending (highlighted by the withdrawal of Tax Credits) the topic of… Continue Reading

Salman Rushdie takes us on a fantastical journey as he promotes his latest novel ‘Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights’

11th October 2015 Author Salman Rushdie, 68, has penned esteemed works like The Satanic Verses, The Enchantress of Florence, & Midnight’s Children. He’s won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, the James Joyce Award, the PEN Pinter Prize, the Prix… Continue Reading