Beyond K-pop, this year’s K-Music Festival brings together traditional Korean instruments and shamanic music with hip-hop, gaming soundtracks, jazz and experimental music, showcasing the diversity of Korea’s contemporary music scene across London from September 28 to November 23. Pablo Muñoz London’s celebration of Korean music and culture returns […]
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New voices reshape London’s orchestral stage
From six Chinese women poets across more than a thousand years of Chinese history to contemporary questions of identity, ancestry and social change, the programme connects different voices, traditions and artistic forms. Pablo Muñoz The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has announced an autumn 2026 season featuring collaborations across […]
Rejection, tolerance and coexistence: the multicultural challenge
Multiculturalism is part of social life and can enrich host societies. Yet its association with immigration has allowed economic fears, terrorism and security concerns to fuel xenophobic narratives and undermine coexistence between different cultures. Monica del Pilar Uribe Marin There is no problem with multiculturalism as such, it […]
Living with contradictions
“Everything was forever, until it was no more” is one of those books that upsets common assumptions about something that has been packaged and presented for uncritical digestion. Sean Sheehan Life in the USSR, before it imploded in 1989, is often characterized in binary terms: communism was bad, […]
When tolerance destroys itself
A society that tolerates every idea, including those that seek to undermine freedom and pluralism, risks eroding its own foundations. The challenge lies in preserving the balance between tolerance, freedom and power. . Nigel Pocock . The discussion becomes one about power, and how it is exercised. . Clearly the […]
















