In a week where leading lights in the arts are calling for mercy on proposed budget cuts, it’s encouraging to see an event that stands on its own two feet. Hush from Cloud Dance Festival took over Holborn’s Cochrane theatre this weekend. The show aims to give traditional non-dance audiences the chance to sample a…
An old church in Crouch End is not the first place that springs to mind when you think of a band named Bombay Bicycle Club. Nevertheless, it’s where the North London outfit have chosen to record part of their new acoustic album. Back in the 1980’s, The Eurhythmic’s Dave Stewart bought the former Hornsey Parish…
In her paper entitled: White Privilege, Male Privilege, Peggy Mc Intosh reflects on the daily effect of white privileges in her day to day life. Number 46 on her list is: “I can choose blemish cover or bandages in ‘flesh’ colour and have them more or less match my skin.” Mc Intosh seeks to explain…
Changing Lives is a refreshing deviation from the many books that go through the technical and practical aspects of embarking on a PhD. As I prepare to start my own doctoral study in three months time, I was interested to read a book that allows you to share the stories of six women who took…
Welcome to Thebes is the latest in a genre of plays looking at Africa through liberal interventionist lens and follows in the footsteps of The Overwhelming, Ruined, Breakfast with Mugabe and The Observer. Inspired by Greek mythology, written by Moira Buffini and directed by the acclaimed Richard Eyre, the play portrays a female president –…
This week the BMA called for all homeopathic products and remedies (whether pills or creams) to be formally labelled with the term placebo. This has led to a fierce discussion on Vanessa Feltz’s BBC London radio programme with the majority of callers supporting homeopathy. This stance is the not the first time the UK’s medical professional…
Women experiencing breast cancer symptoms should be given high priority by GP’s to prevent late diagnosis, cancer sufferers have said. Those who spoke to People with Voices expressed concern about how GP’s respond to women displaying breast cancer symptoms. Amma Adjei, daughter of the late Dinah Adjei believes that a lack of priority and support…