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The artists are fighting for a population rendered ever poorer by Donald Trump's blockades and the decline of tourism during the pandemic

Architects of chaos: A Greek tragedy for Malta 11 hours ago Behind every play, there’s a cast of actors, producers and writers. As the curtain falls at the end of the performance, the crew is hailed with applause or jeered with derision. In Malta these days, every day is a play, every platform a stage, as my social media feeds serve up one hideous photo of Malta after another. Cheap-looking, shoddily-finished apartment blocks piled up higgledy-piggledy on top and around each other, with no sign of even the most rudimentary effort to rationalise the chaos or create some kind of harmony with...

The landlord for fire-hit Grenfell Tower did not prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for vulnerable residents despite being aware of previous blazes involving evacuations, an inquiry has heard. Teresa Brown, former director of housing at the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), said they adopted a “stay put” approach for residents in the event of a fire which meant staff “weren’t expecting to evacuate”. The TMO was the organisation appointed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to run its entire council housing stock. Giving e...

Jarrod Reedie While much of the world’s great architecture is seen through our own eyes or via a still photo, many marvels are also seen behind the film camera lens. Much of the world’s great architecture has been used within iconic films, or in some instances, has even been created for sets for these particular films. So, without further ado and in no particular order, here’s our favourite pieces of architecture seen in the world of film through the ages. The Big Lebowski (1998) The Big Lebowski follows Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski on a wild goose chase to deliver ransom money for the �...

Fact Residency: Julianknxx Fact Residency: Julianknxx Julianknxx traces an expansive and ongoing conversation between the many voices, past and present, that make up the cultural patchwork of his life. In her beautiful and devastating 2016 book In The Wake: On Blackness and Being, scholar Christina Sharpe delivers a stark rallying cry: “We must think about Black flesh, Black optics, and ways of producing enfleshed work.” Drawing inspiration and strength from Sharpe’s words, interdisciplinary poet Julianknxx brings together sound, image and performance in a discursive, enfleshed poetic ...