Muslim Film Festival: Winds of Change sweeps the ICA
17 September 2011
A Palestinian exile’s return home and the temptations of a deeply devout Muslim are two of the stories depicted in a new film season beginning in London next week.
Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies aims to challenge the “highly distortive
Light and Promise - the amazing canvas of Ludwig Blum
27 May 2011
Ludwig Blum’s spectacular paintings of Mandate Palestine were last exhibited in London 73 years ago. Happily Londoners now have a last chance to catch a retrospective of his life work, encapsulated in 35 landscapes and panoramic vistas in oil and watercolour, at the Ben Uri
East India Company in Redbridge
12 April 2011
As I keep telling my family (and academic colleagues) all historical roads lead to India and sometimes on special occasions to Gujarat. This exhibition tells a history of modern London which is dependent on many countries East especially the northern realms of India. The exhibition
Mind the Gap
24 March 2011
A contemporary European artist couple, one Greek, one Spanish tackle London's historical Underground system with compelling results.Mind the Gap ‘Mind the gap between art and life’ declares Amparo Latorre Romero before painting/performing an abstract figure inspired by the words of John Betjeman’s
WRITE QUEER LONDON 2011: A Moth in a Blizzard
23 March 2011
Write Queer London 2011: Overall Winner
I met Akira Arashi.
Normally one would begin by detailing when and where and how they met someone but all I recall is how he threw a door open and walked in, wrapped in a shroud of blinding light
Write Queer London 2011: Reverse Pepys
23 March 2011
It does not begin as a great fire,
but in the gentle kindling of
the King’s bakery. Much later on,
full blaze, it sends a measured,
secular radiancy. By and by,
300 houses go, and look remarkable
when seen from the tower. From Fish
WRITE QUEER LONDON 2011: LET THIS YEAR BE DIFFERENT
23 March 2011
Runner up
“No, the Oxford Street one … because I’d much rather … the Mountview Café, yes … but can we meet downstairs? … the Tottenham Court Road entrance? … it’s less busy ... Ten-fifteen? I should be able to,
Download Stories of the World Young Londoner Museum Trail For Free
22 March 2011
Follow young Londoners through time at local London museums....
What follows is a text version of the trail, scroll to the bottom for pdf download.
What would life have been like as a teenager or young adult in London across time?
Sometimes filled with freedom
Queer eye for the Collections at the Museum of London
15 March 2011
As part of the Write Queer London event "LGBT blogging at the Museum of London", Kate Smith did some research to inspire our workshoppers and uncover some LGBT objects hidden in plain sight. From the Emperor Hadrian to Big Brother, we have reproduced her
Joe Orton writing exercises
14 March 2011
One: The writing style of Joe Orton often played with establishments and institutions creating great humour by irreverently mocking them. The police, museums, social clubs, medical institutions, political figures, clergymen and family were all prime targets for his sophisticated, sharp wit.
Exercise: Pick an institution
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