In a small Lincolnshire town far from established migrant communities, people seeking refuge are trying to learn, work, make friends and build new lives. Their experiences reveal both the challenges of starting again in rural England and the importance of finding somewhere to belong. “The Prisma Series: Lincolnshire transformed by […]
Multiculture
Pauline Batista: The body against the tyranny of optimisation
Ahead of her upcoming show in Mexico City, Rio-born multimedia artist Pauline Batista discusses her previous exhibition, ‘Methylene Blue Dreams’, and how her work blends medicine, fantasy, and the human form to challenge our constant drive towards self-optimisation. Clelia Reka Frondaroli A vial of methylene blue sits suspended […]
Andy Higginbottom: the struggles that cross borders
From campaigns against enforced disappearances in Latin America to exposing the exploitation of migrant workers, Andy has spent decades combining activism with research. He links racism and economic exploitation in the UK to social struggles beyond its borders. He advocates empathy to unite the struggles of immigrants and Latin Americans with British ones.
Migration and citizenship: learning London from scratch
She arrived from Poland in December 1999 without knowing the language and went through poorly paid jobs before finding her place in the British capital. Now a recruiter, she enjoys its theatres and pubs and has just passed a test whose historical facts, she admits, she barely remembers. Will […]
Her grandparents’ migration and the boundary of “us”
With family roots in Jamaica and Nigeria, a third-generation Black British woman explores the contradictions of growing up in a country she considers home. From divisions between communities to covert racism and political rhetoric against immigration, her account challenges the boundaries of national identity and British multiculturalism. Michelle Gooden-Jones […]
















