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Lockdown: Thinking of Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010 - Lachlan Mackinnon
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The death of children - Richard Berengarten
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Fluke by Any Other Name Is a Flight Number - Momtaza Mehri
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Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61)
Read by Simon Callow
Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61) - William Shakespeare - Read by Simon Callow
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Jay Bernard
B. 1988
Jay Bernard is a writer, film programmer and archivist from London. As well as working on BFI Flare, London’s LGBTQ film festival, they work at Statewatch, a state research library, archive and collection based at Mayday Rooms. Jay’s first collection…
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Makhosazana Xaba
B. 1957
Makhosazana (Khosi) Xaba’s poetry, fiction and academic work reflects a lifetime actively involved with politics. Born in Greytown, Kwazulu-Natal, Xaba is trained as both a midwife and a psychiatric nurse, has worked with national and international NGOs and media organisations in…
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Hannah More
B. 1745 D. 1833
Hannah More’s poem was written in support of William Wilberforce’s campaign to abolish slavery. A passionate, poetic explanation of the anti-abolitionists’ argument, this extract is part of a 294 line poem. ‘Oroonoko’, in the fourth line of this extract, is…