JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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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
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
‘Chance encounters are what keep us going,’ says novelist Haruki Murakami. In Amy, a chance encounter gives fresh perspective to memories of angst, hedonism and a charismatic teenage rebel.
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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