After more than a year in London, this Portuguese cook feels very comfortable in a city populated by people of different nationalities, a city that is tremendously multicultural. Javier Duque Born in Oporto in 1986, he knew for some years that he wanted to come to live in […]
Our People
Storytelling: a forgotten art?
The oral tradition of storytelling is one of the most ancient forms of art in contemporary society. Ben Stupples Both fable and myth are ingrained deeply into our cultures and they have become a crucial element of characterising our respective national identities. Without the chivalric folklore surrounding King […]
Sofía Buchuck: the musician with her own rhythm
She is one of the most recognised musicians of the Latin American community in the UK, where she has gained prominence thanks to her talent, discipline, her musical works and her involvement in various community projects that are not always arts related. The Prisma’s Memoirs. January 2012 Juan Galbete […]
Mohammed Khan Lodhi: “Race means nothing”
“Race means nothing; culture is a way of life like your attire” President of Basaira Elderly Centre in the London Borough of Lambeth, former Police Inspector in colonial East-Africa and a Social worker in post-colonial Britain, he asks “Why shouldn’t Muslims step into the twenty first century?”. Shanta Sultana […]
Julio Etchart, Anger through the lens
He left Uruguay in 1974 at the age of 24, escaping the repression of the dictatorship, which had twice imprisoned him, setting him free for the second time, with his passport in his hand and the idea to set off for Europe in his head. To Paris to be exact, […]