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Matthew Hawkins
queer london
Book Review / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation 

dance
Dance Review / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026

At the Edinburgh Fringe, MATTHEW HAWKINS reviews eight shows in a single day in one venue, all of which reward the spectator

flam
Book Review / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant

rambert
Follow the Movement / 6 July 2026
6 July 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS checks out the centenary performance of Rambert Dance Company

Healing
Follow the Movement / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND

gravity
Dance review / 15 May 2026
15 May 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS considers the opening offering at the National Festival of Korean Dance

autism
Books / 30 April 2026
30 April 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the literary output of autistic writers, and recommends its insight to readers both including and beyond the community themselves

zadie
Books / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS enjoys the work of reading the essays of a rigorous and leading London/Caribbean cultural participant

spa
Exhibition review / 13 January 2026
13 January 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS contrasts the sinister enchantments of an AI infused interactive exhibition with the intimacies disclosed by two real artists

anti-s
Book Review / 3 December 2025
3 December 2025

In search of political understanding, MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes a critique of anti-semitism as codified by the Israeli state

roberts
Books / 21 October 2025
21 October 2025

MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the valiant defiance of two gay Scottish painters whose example resists both collectors’ taste and historical fiction

PANACHE: Thomas Edwards, centre, as Walsingham Harvey Littlefield, far right as Younger Elizabeth / pic: Andy Ross
Culture / 25 August 2025
25 August 2025

MATTHEW HAWKINS unpicks three new shows that deal with historical spectacle, feminism and fascism, and the extinction of species