Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, September 13, 2024
Salman Rushdie’s latest novel, “Knife: meditation after an attempted murder”, continues his tradition of thought-provoking and boundary-pushing literature. Rushdie has often sparked controversy, particularly for his critiques of religion. His earlier works, especially “The satanic verses”, positioned him as a prominent figure in the debate over freedom of expression and […]
On a recent trip to Peru I made a visit to Casa Aliaga, a colonial mansion first built when Pizarro handed out goodies to his soldiers. One of them, Jerónimo de Aliaga y Ramirez, built a grand house and seventeen generations of his family have been living there since 1535. […]
When Simon Murphy’s “Govanhill” was first published it lost little time in selling out but the good news is that a second edition of 500 copies (five times the number of the first print run) is now available. Sean Sheehan Murphy has been photographing Govanhill, a neighbourhood of […]
In the film “Banzo”, the story of the persistence of neo-slavery, long after slavery was banned builds on the small details of life, and the documents often passed over. The normalization of violence affects everyone involved, but for the labourers it destroys their motivation to engage with life. And doctors are called to investigate this new ‘sickness’.
Calling yourself a war photographer sounds very odd, as if the activity of killing other people is just the subject matter that some people find interesting. Tim Hetherington rejected the title and did want to see his work described in this way. Sean Sheehan Hetherington knew full well […]
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