Chilean Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Maite Alberdi, will release her new documentary with stylised reconstructions on Netflix this August, in which themes of motherhood, grief and identity are explored. Pablo Muñoz Set in Mexico, “A child of my own” follows the almost unbelievable true story of Alejandra. Her unwavering desire […]
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Evaluating a life
Two photography books – one about the plight of the elderly, the other about Nazi doctors – share a concern with the evaluation of life from starkly opposed positions. Sean Sheehan In an abstract way, one person’s life may not count for much but from a human perspective […]
Juanes arrives in London with a new story to tell
The Colombian singer will perform at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on 20 July as part of his World Tour 2026, with the London date coinciding with Colombia’s Independence Day celebrations. Pablo Muñoz With more than 20 billion streams, 17 number-one singles, and wide recognition as one of […]
Decolonizing the mind
Zahi Zalloua gives the radical thought of the anti-colonist theorist Frantz Fanon the justice it demands and deserves by allying it with psychoanalytic and philosophical ideas from the work of Slavoj Źiźek. Sean Sheehan In a racialized world, some humans count and some others, those that do not […]
Colonial control in the West Bank
The subject of this book is a security facility situated between Bethlehem and Jerusalem and known as Checkpoint 300. It is in the West Bank, the largest of the two Palestinian territories – the other being Gaza – and has been under Israeli occupation since 1967. Sean Sheehan […]
















