African inspiration
‘I had to get out of the country without permission, which means I have to cross my fingers when I
Community art
‘I had to get out of the country without permission, which means I have to cross my fingers when I
My old friend Dave and I are doing the final proofs of the English version of Bread and Salt: it
‘I’m used to thinking that stories in English are so much richer or more important than stories I hear in
‘You cannot understand the migrant if you haven’t heard his story first.’ Gazmend Kapllani In the course of working on
Yesterday I sent the draft text of Bread and Salt to the artists whose experiences of coming to Europe form
Be Like Water – Hetain Patel The ruler has already been a language teacher’s cane and a samurai sword dancing
On Sunday, the American artist Suzanne Lacy will create a new performance piece called Silver Action at Tate Modern in London. She has invited
Winter Fires: Art and agency in old age is published today. Old age haunts the human imagination. Nowadays, it also
A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Aristotle, 335 BCE When Edward Said died
‘What form do these projects take?’ It was one of several questions that came up after my talk at Banlieues