STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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The Desi Lockdown, Rifco Theatre
Engaging South-Asian response to the pandemic
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
FOR reasons good, tragic or indifferent, the coronavirus lockdown will be a period not many people will forget.
As a future aide memoire, touring company Rifco Theatre, usually based at Watford’s Palace Theatre, have commissioned a quintet of videos to document the diverse experiences of British South-Asian artists during these most unusual of months.
Harry Syed’s film is arguably the most cinematic. Clocking in at just over 80 seconds, Thanks Mum is a witty rumination on the relationship between growing up and food.
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