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The Emotional Cartography of Shao Hao: A Map Built From the Inside Out
From a teenage immigrant navigating Scotland’s boarding school corridors to a queer, neurodivergent pop visionary redefining belonging — this Chinese-British…
Curating working-class art as evidence to our real lives
Beth Hughes is an independent curator focusing on art by artists from working-class backgrounds who has spent over 15 years…
Ian Prowse – The gift and graft of the working-class background
The Liverpudlian singer-songwriter pursued his creative dream against the odds of a Northern Council Estate. Sheer grit, determination and the…
Sleep Deprivation and Walks in a Graveyard – How Fatherhood Shaped the Birth of a New EP
When Guy Baron aka Semi Precious became a father, life as he knew it shifted. It also transformed how he…
Fed Zanni: As He Is
Fed Zanni spent a decade reshaping his voice to fit into the British theatre scene. Now, his heritage is calling…
Sequins, Glitter and the Council Estate: The Beautiful Resourcefulness of Adam Frost
From childhood, Adam’s life has been shaped by sparkling diversity, ingrained resourcefulness and unshakeable resilience. As he embarks on creating…
Meg Molloy: The Outside Insider
A freelance arts communications professional grew up where the art world didn’t exist as a possibility. Not withheld. Absent. She…
Sam Oddie — What it Cost to Believe, and the Courage to Continue
A documentary filmmaker from Ashton-under-Lyne, he started making films at fifteen with no contacts, no connections and no route in.…
No money, no connection, no deal – working class authors in the publishing world
Born in the Bronx, British-American writer John Lugo-Trebble knew from a young age what it means to have barely anything.…
Amie Kirby — The Keeper of Flames
Writer, archivist, community organiser and Arts Emergency Young Trustee — she has spent her life building the spaces that should…
A Warning From Tomorrow: MADELEINE and the Music of Renewal
From London’s concrete sprawl, a sound is being coded from the future — one that mourns our disconnection from the…
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE
We compiled these numbers because we know the reality. We live it. This is what the creative industries look like…
‘All Great Art Begins in the Mess Room’: Artists in Uniform and the Persistence of Creativity
‘Front of House’, an exhibition showcasing artistic talent from current and former front‑of‑house staff at the Natural History Museum, celebrates…
The Fight for the Working Class Artist
Talent doesn’t care where you come from. The creative industry does. From school stages to audition rooms, working-class artists are…
Ezekiel — Redefining Acceptance
Belonging is not a place. It is the unassuming moment when every piece of you slowly converges — and there…
Bethany Magennis-Prior: Handwritten Letters In An Envelope Full of Somewhere
Bethany’s Overseas Mail Club is a digital community based on monthly subscriptions for letters written with love. It’s a journey…
A Necessary Devotion: Eunjo Lee’s Digital Mythologies of grief
In London’s digital underground, a new mythology is being coded. It is a world where stones are sung to sleep,…
Luxury Gowns and Smashed-Up Phones: In the playful world of Nicholas Hanson
Master tailor and artist extraordinaire Nicholas Hanson presents his sophomore exhibition “In the Garden of the Happy Dead” at Savile…
THE TELLABLE ADULT: Gayathiri Kamalakanthan on Language, Lineage and Liberation
A poet, playwright, and sex educator rehearses futures for young queer Tamils where questions are not forbidden but expected.
The Dream That’s Gathering Dust – A Writer’s Dilemma
What happens when you spend a decade championing the creative endeavours of others while your own art waits in the…
The Symphony of Change – Political Messages Through Music
When words fail, music often conveys the message. In an increasingly hostile political and social climate, some UK musicians are…
Carolyn Pertwee: The Relentless Spirit
She writes plays about human darkness and finds redemption at the heart. Born into theatrical royalty, she chose love over…
Dust, Shadow, Monument: The Analogue World of Emile Kees
In a world inebriated by the disposable image, Emile Kees insists on slowness. To encounter his photographs is to feel…
Innocence Transformed: Matteo Bernardini’s An Afterthought – Part 2
His short film is the only faithful screen adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan truly ends. A meditation on childhood,…
Illustrated Nightmares: Matteo Bernardini’s Political Fairy-Tales – Part 1
The award-winning Italian filmmaker has worked on films with Christopher Nolan and Peter Greenaway and directed music videos for Moby.…
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