Book review: Landscape, Race and Memory: Material Ecologies of Citizenship by Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly
27 October 2010
The season of mists and fruitful mellowness is upon us, who wants to go out in that? Untold London searches out some nourishing books to feed your brain in the forthcoming period of enforced hibernation.First up, Martha Mingay reports back on Landscape, Race and
Shedding Light
21 September 2010
Never has murky subterranean London been so refreshing; never somewhere so dark so illuminating. The contemporary art on display in the winding tunnels of ShoreditchTown Hall’s basement is as diverse in both execution and quality as one might expect from any group show
Seventy years after the Blitz: Remembering early Sikh Londoners
08 September 2010
As Britons remember the dark days of the German blitz on London on the 70th anniversary of the commencement of the bombing raids that changed the London landscape and terrified the populace for months, we recall some of the earliest Sikh families living in London
Explore magic, sacrifice and divination in the Congo, Paris.
23 July 2010
If you’re feeling the holiday buzz, but can’t tear yourself away for a full week in the sun, why not summer in the Congo (Paris) at the Quai de Branley Museum this weekend?The Quai de Branley holds a renowned collection of African
Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month 2010
09 June 2010
Gypsy Roma and Traveller’s History Month launched at the beginning of June, building on the success of 2008 and 2009’s celebrations. Kicking off at Mile End Arts Pavilion with a sobering reminder of the Holocaust’s legacy of loss among the Sinti and Roma
Cotton To Curry - Kew Gardens Puts Asian Plant Culture Online
19 April 2010
A new government-funded project dedicated to lifting the lid on some of the UK’s favourite plants and spices was launched on February 15 by Kew Gardens. Plant Cultures is a new online archive from the Royal Botanic Gardens and Culture Online that explores the real
Opium To London: Pictures From The Science Museum
08 April 2010
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06/07/2007Jonathan Chan has uncovered rare pictures of the Chinese opium scene in East London. Here he describes the chain of events that spread opium around the world, before telling the story of Ah Sing, whose den was one of the best known in London
Sacred: Discover What We Share At The British Library
08 April 2010
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Yasmin Khan explores whether public attitudes towards religion can be swayed through an exhibition at the British Library, which closed September 23 2007. What is sacred to you? This profound line of questioning will be roused in anyone who ventures to visit Sacred, a landmark exhibition recently
Date de Naissance of Usurp Gallery
22 February 2010
New gallery Usurp Art Collective opens up in Harrow, Pamela Chabba reports back..The streets of West Harrow aren’t where you’d probably expect to find a fantastic new contemporary art gallery, but London’s suburbs have always thrown up surprises. In an old 193
Major New Hew Locke Art Installation Opens At Rivington Place
01 September 2008
Helen Kane writes for Untold London. Iniva, the contemporary arts organisation dedicated to the work of artists from culturally diverse backgrounds, based at Rivington Place in Hackney, have commissioned a powerful new installation from British artist Hew Locke to coincide with their first anniversary
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Babs Guthrie
Cliff Perreira
Herpreet Kaur Grewal
Alan Ward