Poetry in a Changing World: Fiona Sampson at Clementi House, 15 June
"But is it useful?" Join us for a lecture by Professor Fiona Sampson.
Culture
Seeing afresh: John Berger on Portraits
Berger’s ability to bring topical issues into a sharper focus by looking at them through the prism of art never fails.
Whatever happened to the Loch Ness monster?
Today, 80 years after Nessie was first “sighted”, the band of believers in this mythical creature is dwindling.
Pakistan, Memory and Place: Samira Shackle at the Barbican on 19 May
Join New Humanist‘s assistant editor Samira Shackle at the Barbican’s Curve Gallery on 19 May, for a talk on “Pakistan,memory and place”, to mark the opening of the award-winning artist…
1956: A year to remember
A cultural history of 1956 shows how this single year helped define an era.
The cult of nature writing
A resurgence in nature writing offers secular transcendence. But are we being led up the garden path?
Peter Kay and the myth of the ordinary: Cradle to Grave
Two recent TV comedies conjure emotionally rich and intimate worlds out of everyday experience.
The rise of the nostalgia industry
Two books examine the recent craze for consumable nostalgia.
The authenticity of online grief
People who mourned David Bowie online were condemned for being self-indulgent, but shared rituals matter.
The #OscarsSoWhite debate raises the question of who gets to be human
Each film and TV race controversy shows that we are nowhere near a “post-racial” society.