By Lucy Pearson “‘we live […] in an age where television, radio, the press and the internet have rendered the secrets adults may wish to keep from children impossible to hide. […] Our best hope is to help them become fleet of mind, understanding, tolerant and above all, able to make decisions for themselves.’” Quote: …
Innocence destroyed? The Carnegie Medal and the post-Bulger years Read More »
By Helen King “there are books that make you laugh or cry, and there are books that change your way of thinking and your life.” Quote: Email from Dania, 25/11/12.Photograph: Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo as his sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them. Sam Nzima, 1976. Sam Nzima’s photograph of 13-year-old Hector Pieterson, …
“I find myself haunted (perhaps because I was a teacher) by a mental image of children’s faces pressed hard against the railings of a playground which lies silent and deserted behind them. The dull and child-like eyes gaze out forever upon the grown-up world they ache to join, never turning away even to look at …
By Katherine Kruger “The revolution is about going to the playground with your best girlfriends. You are hanging upside down on the bars and all the blood is rushing to your head. It’s a euphoric feeling. The boys can see our underwear and we don’t really care.” Quote: Kathleen Hanna. ‘Bikini Kill: A Color and …
Selling the ferocious child: Riot Grrrl’s radicalisation of consumption Read More »
By Karen Sands-O’Connor “Black BritishStan firm inna inglan,inna disya time yah…” Quote: Linton Kwesi Johnson, “It Dread Inna Inglan,” 1978. Image: Karen Sands-O’Connor, 2020. In 1978, Margaret Thatcher appeared on Granada’s “World in Action” programme to talk about her proposed policies should she win the election and become prime minister. Asked about immigration from the …
Stan Firm Inna Inglan: Growing up Black and British in the Thatcher Era Read More »