“Art of Palestine: from the river to the sea” is a new exhibition opening on 26 September in London. Through aesthetic expressions such as abstract art, landscape paintings and murals, more than 25 Palestinian artists bring to light their experience under occupation. Zac Liew Bombs have been raining […]
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Israel’s theft of Palestine
On the evening of August 31, a protest took place outside Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, calling on the theatre to cut its links with one of its chief sponsors, Barclays Bank. Sean Sheehan As part of its business, Barclays Bank is involved with companies that supply weapons […]
Found by words: the little great things
The traditional London Spanish Book & Zine Fair returns to the British capital on October 2nd with the participation of writers, new voices, fanzine creators, illustrators and more. There will be talks, roundtables, workshops and storytelling for children, and more than 50 publishers present. Zac Liew The theme […]
James Kelman and the ‘part of no-part’
James Kelman’s most recent novel, “God’s teeth and other phenomena”, was published last year and reviewed in The Prisma. “Keep moving and no questions” is a collection of nearly 30 short stories by Kelman, also published in 2023, and together they constitute a fictional representation of what Jacques Rancière termed […]
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville!
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville seem a most unlikely pair – a thought-provoking writer with subversive tendencies and a Hollywood superstar – and it is a shock to the system that they have come together as the joint authors of “The book of elsewhere”. Sean Sheehan Everyone will […]