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In practice: Cave Bureau on a museum for the Anthropocene Share Add to Bookmarks Reusing architectural spaces of slavery at the Shimoni caves in Kwale, Kenya, brings African and Black narratives of enslavement back to the surface in the Anthropocene On a hot and humid day in January 1721, a trail of tired, chained and weak kidnapped men, women and children from the East African interior lands walk towards the Shimoni caves. They trudge on in terror, blind to what lies ahead after an arduous three-day journey. Confused about their kidnappers, they silently wonder about their families, a...

Once again, politicians and the police would rather empower themselves and silence dissenters than actually examine their role in inciting violence, racism, and fear. The post London Police Clash With Protesters at Sarah Everard Vigil first appeared on The Mary Sue.

Zing Tsjeng is a journalist and the author of the Forgotten Women book series, and host of the podcast United Kingdom where she explores British identity. This month to mark London Fashion Week we have been celebrating British style on Who What Wear, from our favourite designers to little-known brands. Here Zing writes about how moving to London from Singapore over a decade ago impacted how she gets dressed and what London style means to her.  The first month I moved to London aged 16, I visited Camden Market and wound up trying on a latex nurse costume. “Look!” I said triumphantly to...

Rina Sawayama performs on stage at O2 Academy Brixton. (Redferns/ Gus Stewart) Rina Sawayama has prompted “systemic change” in the rules of the Brit Awards and Mercury Prize, after she was deemed “not British enough” to be nominated. The Brit Awards and the Mercury Prize have confirmed they will now accept artists who have been permanent residents in the UK for five years after their organiser was criticised for excluding Rina Sawayama, the acclaimed pop star, over her citizenship status. Last year, Sawayama was omitted from the Mercury Prize shortlist despite achieving phenomenal suc...

Vegetarian cook Anna Jones shares three of her quick and easy go-to lunches. We thank our lucky baba ganoushes that these women were around to help inspire us, as we seemed to be cooking endlessly this year. When we couldn’t face yet another pesto pasta they had our backs with their Cook the Perfect… recipes. We had lockdown lunches with veggie cook Anna Jones, who saved us all from our sad sandwiches by sharing three of the quick and easy 'go-to' lunches that kept her family fed. Her super quick egg-sandwich-tortilla recipe was a game changer! Nigella Lawson got the nation reassessing th...