Sad news. Persepolis was a force
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A beautiful essay & gorgeous overturning of Euro-semiotics where words are haulage vehicles for meaning, rather than having other qualities 'We wrestled a bit, the word and I, until I accepted the discomfort of not being able to read it'
24 June 2026 (11am-3pm BST)
Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1EF
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"this is not accountability culture, it’s more reputational warfare”. The effect of the message could not be more clear: the experiment with “allowing” black figures into positions like Harriman’s could all be over in a heartbeat, if we dare to step out of line'
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In plain sight
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If you can make it to Shoreditch visit Rich Mix & the Fragments of Existence exhibition on the lives of families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social
“I think the answer to why they’re being very clearly misrepresented as hate marches is to undermine the hundreds and thousands of people who are turning up on the street. It’s to distract from the government’s complicity in these crimes."
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'Israeli commandos had opened fire at six boats, used water cannon, and intentionally rammed one vessel'
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Remembering Richard Lehman
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Our exhibition at Rich Mix is opening next week! Still time to sign up for our exciting event programme.
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French-Iranian artist, author and women’s rights activist Marjane Satrapi, the illustrator behind the graphic novel memoir “Persepolis,” has died at 56.
The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
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Israeli forces raped and sexually assaulted numerous activists who were kidnapped in international waters while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, participants have said.
France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port.
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It is with great sadness that the Centre for Data Futures shares the news that our colleague Richard Lehman, Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre, passed away on 14 May after a period of illness.
NRPF is an immigration condition which prevents people from accessing welfare support, social housing and other services. Based on personal accounts of children, young people, and parents living with ...
In this essay, Deepa Bhasthi defends untranslatability, the intentional choice to not translate text, as a necessary practice. She draws on Kannada words that feel too complex or hyperlocal to be translated into a single English word.
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