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BBC News By Ian Youngs image copyrightFabio De Paola image captionCephas Williams with one of the photos from his Portrait of Black Britain exhibition at Manchesters Arndale Centre Cephas Williams has had two very different experiences in shopping centres recently - but they are, on one level, intimately linked. Last week, the photographer launched a major exhibition of 116 giant portraits - of poets and professors, entrepreneurs and social workers - in the Arndale Centre in Manchester. He has ...

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The letters are addressed by the children to their older selves, and detail the world that they’d like to see in the future. The project is created to mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

The Drum reporter Imogen Watson rounds up the latest creative campaigns and creativity stories. Also available in your inbox every Thursday as The Drums A Week in Creative email briefing. Sign up here. McDonald’s serves up The BTS Meal in the US Welcome to A Week in Creative, your one-stop shop for creative news. This is an extract from The Drum Creative Briefing, which you can subscribe to here if you’d prefer it in your inbox once a week. And so, the pick of this week is Guinness’s ‘W...

‘The World I Want to See’ aims to promote a message of hope for the future from young Black boys in the community Photographer and founder of 56 Black Men, Cephas Williams, and Mind in Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow have teamed up with out-of-home media owner Clear Channel to promote a message of hope for the future from young Black boys in the community. One year on from the murder of George Floyd, the eight boys who participated have written an open letter to the future detailin...

Sainsbury’s joins the Black British Network Sainsbury’s has announced its support of the Black British Network, founded by Cephas Williams • The supermarket will take part in several round-table discussions to drive change and address racial injustice and inequality within society • This is one of many initiatives from the retailer as part of its commitment to improve representation within its business and support Black communities across the country Today Sainsbury’s announced it is...

Campaigns May issue is out now The latest issue of Campaign includes Best Places to Work and an interview with 56 Black Men founder Cephas Williams. by Staff Free email bulletins

Daily Times April 29, 2021 Manchester International Festival (MIF), returns from July 1-18 with a vibrant programme of original new work from across the spectrum of visual and performing arts and music by artists from over 20 countries Artists include Angélique Kidjo, Akram Khan, Arlo Parks, Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Boris Charmatz, Cerys Matthews, Christine Sun Kim, Cillian Murphy, Deborah Warner, Forensic Architecture, Ibrahim Mahama, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Laure Prouvost, Marta Minujín, Lemn S...

Cillian Murphy, a Big Ben sculpture and dancers on Deansgate head up Manchester International Festival 2021 programme The festivals full programme for this summer has been revealed Updated Festival Square will move to Cathedral Gardens (Image: LOUIS REYNOLDS) Sign up for our Whats On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you...

Manchester international festival 2021 to feature work reflecting on pandemic Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Elvis Gonzalez/EPA A 42-metre sculpture of Big Ben made out of political books, a new film featuring Cillian Murphy and a theatrical performance of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay about grief are among the standout works at this year’s Manchester international festival, which will take place throughout July. The ...