JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
THE EVER-ENTERPRISING arts and photography gallery Autograph, joining forces with youth media organisation Mouth That Roars, is beating the lockdown closures by taking the exhibition #HackneyIsHome onto the streets.
Locating it at one of the biggest traffic hubs in east London, illuminated works by young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are being broadcast on the Old Street Digital Canvas until April 17.
Both organisations have provided workshops, training and a creative media qualification for eight young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, who’ve worked with artists and film-makers on how to tell stories, create powerful images and raise awareness of important social issues.
SIMON PARSONS applauds an artist who rescues and rehumanises stories of women, the victims of violence, from a feminist perspective
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
BLANE SAVAGE recommends the display of nine previously unseen works by the Glaswegian artist, novelist and playwright


