The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Taking the time to engage with the past
JAN WOOLF speaks to Richard Bradbury about his creative initiative in adult education, Riversmeet, and the political trajectory of the work
Nev Connor as Frederick Douglass at a rehearsed reading of The Ocean Can be A Bridge, by Richard Bradbury and Dave Samuels, in front of an invited audience from the local Caribbean, refugee and immigrant and refugee communities hosted by Art Share Exeter in Exeter Customs House
Frederick Douglass cca 1879
[Maureen Casey; George Kendall Warren/CC]
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
NAMED after Richard Bradbury’s first novel about Frederick Douglass, the Riversmeet project combines literature with activism.
As the website declares, Riversmeet focuses on high-quality writing, performance and teaching which engages with contemporary issues by linking the past to the present.
Riversmeet is a quiet powerhouse; publishing books, producing theatre, short films and interesting blogs as well as running Slow Reading courses. Eschewing the tacky mission statement, it quotes Walter Benjamin: “In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overwhelm it.”
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