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23 February 2024
British African theatre company tiata fahodzi presents 'cheeky little brown' in London
London premiere of 'cheeky little brown' to be held at Theatre Royal Stratford East this April, by Papatango Prize-winning playwright Nkenna Akunna
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21 February 2024
Book by Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia is needed in educating oneself about ADHD and autism.
Interview with Charlotte Mia and Jess Joy, founders of ‘I Am Paying Attention’ and now authors, informed me about the need for awareness of neurodivergence.
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23 January 2024
You Think You Know Me by Ayaan Mohamud
Ayaan Mohamud debut follows Hanan, a Somali teenager confronting bigotry and Islamophobia in her London community.
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6 January 2024
The books that got me through lockdown 3.0
Three years ago today, we were amid lockdown 3.0 in the UK.
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29 December 2023
Top 10 Books of 2023
A curated selection to suit all bookish preferences.
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21 December 2023
Introducing the Top 10s of 2023
Looking back at a year of change, innovation, and Barbie!
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25 November 2023
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - an ingenious adaptation of the revered fairy tale
Hope, bravery, kindness, and love flow bountifully from the enchanting tale of Narnia and its saviours, yet malevolence lurks beneath its fantastical façade in this phenomenal adaptation.
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5 December 2023 – 10 December 2023
CRYING WOLF at UEA Norwich
In December the University of East Anglia’s Drama Department is presenting Crying Wolf, a week-long season of two plays. Based on the film, Festen reveals shocking family secrets, The Wolves is a funny, perceptive drama about a female football team
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8 November 2023
The Christmas Guest: Christmas Romance or a Gothic Thriller?
An ideal short read for the transitioning period between Halloween and Christmas.
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2 November 2023
Cost-of-Living Adaptation: Lauren Johnson, writer
The financial strain of the UK’s cost-of-living crisis encouraged Lauren to go in search of a new life 3,000 miles away from her home
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23 January 2024 – 6 February 2024
Story Creators: Poetry & Spoken Word
Discover different ways to tell your stories and work with professional story makers to craft them into heart-stopping words in this three-week course.
Session times:
Tue 23 January, 16:30-18:30Tue 30 January, 16:30-18:30Tue 6 February, 16:30-18:30
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12 September 2023 – 14 May 2024
Story Curators
Come and join our Story Curators course for ages 11-16 and learn how exhibitions and installations are created - from first ideas to fully built!
Tuesdays from 4.30pm - 6.30pm
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28 October 2023
Poet Laureate Shaniqua Benjamin on writing poetry inspired by oral histories
Shaniqua Benjamin shares more about her contribution to the exhibition Croydon's Caribbean Influencers, now showing at the National Portrait Gallery
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24 October 2023
Zuri McWhorter: On rejection of the mainstream
The Michigan-born artist and curator does not want her open-submission zine, ‘Juste Milieu’, to enter the mainstream.
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20 October 2023
Life Beyond Us Book Review
Popular science meets science fiction in this thought-provoking and diverse anthology of stories and essays from the European Astrobiology Institute
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16 October 2023
Review: The Art of Privilege
The Art of Privilege is written by Carey Keith Green. It is his third novel; it is a detective story set in the heart of Wall Street.
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13 October 2023
Summer Showcase: Her World and a Doll [Winner]
Zoe's submission for the 2023 Summer Showcase is a photo-etching that explores our place and subsequent understanding of the world. Selected as the winner of the Established category, the judge wrote that Her World and a Doll "feels fresh and novel".
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13 October 2023
Summer Showcase: The Promise of The Grave
Thomas Dissa submitted a flash fiction piece exploring the power of fear and how it can harnessed by those willing to use it.