Jacqueline Rose began “The plague” with the first UK pandemic lockdown (March 2020) and she finished it with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years later. Written, as she puts it, ‘in the heat and chill of its moment’, it is remarkably eloquent and reflective, distinguished by a precision of thought […]
In Focus
In Focus
Food insecurity and malnutrition in Latin America
In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, healthy eating costs more than anywhere else on the planet. Sergio Ferrari Between 2020 and 2021, the cost of eating a healthy diet in the region increased by 5.3 per cent due to food inflation driven by the pandemic […]
Israel-Gaza war: Condemning the intention of genocide
Up until the closure of this current edition, 1.7 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been forced to abandon their land, belongings and lives as a result of the attacks committed by the Israeli army. This was reported by several non-governmental organisations who consider this forced displacement “to […]
Searching for Shambhala (2023)
Director: Tian Yu Liu. Writer: Tian Yu Liu. Running time: 15 mins. After screening “Moerasdraak”– a found-footage film about a group of students who accidentally uncover an international conspiracy during a project on broadcast journalism – I spoke to director Ruben Swart. Jack Benjamin / Indy Film Library* One […]
Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre
Virtually nothing is known about Anne (Agnes) Hathaway other than she was the mother of three children – Susanna in 1583 and the twins, Judith and Hamnet, in 1585. Sean Sheehan She was the daughter of a sheep farmer and probably illiterate, but her claim to fame rests […]