Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two 1968 Olympic medal winners, famously gave the Black Power salute from the podium. A new film, Salute, places their actions in the context of the events taking place around the world at the time.
The King Blues are the kind of band that shouldn’t be possible. That’s according to the perennial tiresome opinion pieces that ask why this generation hasn’t produced its own protest songs.
Another London at Tate Britain Between 1930 and 1980, London was home to some of the world’s most renowned photographers. This exhibition explores the different relationships photographers had with the city—as refugees, citizens or tourists, and how this affected their work.
I read Paul Foot’s The Vote when it first came out in 2005, and have come back to it again since.
Bauhaus: Art as Life Barbican Art GallerySilk Street, EC2Y 8DSwww.barbican.org.uk
Wednesday 25 July, 6pmSt Mungo Museum2 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0RHwww.glasgowlife.org.uk
Sadler’s Wells, London EC1R 4TN18 July to 5 Augustwww.sadlerswells.com
Five stories told by children give insight into the lives of young people seeking asylum in Britain. Each of the films portray different aspects of the experiences of young refugees.
The Photographers’ Gallery in London has reopened its doors with a new exhibition by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky.
The police are corrupt. That is the simple premise of the new BBC thriller series Line of Duty.
Nadine Labaki is the Lebanese director of Caramel. Her latest film is set in an unspecified Middle Eastern village where Muslims and Christians live.
From 1886 Charles Booth spent 17 years visiting and mapping every street in London, recording the social conditions of the space and its residents.
