Entities in the world, from sub-atomic particles upwards, lack completion and a fullness of being. People are no exception: self-alienation, the lack of self-identity, is an irreducible aspect of our existence that we should get used to. Sean Sheehan The moral, as Todd McGowan indicates in the subtitle […]
Culture
Putting occupied Palestine on the canvas
“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 […]
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 […]
















