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Jess Thom: 6 things… everyone should know about disability
This is a picture of Jess Thom – a white woman with curly brown hair in front of some metallic green shop shutters on a sunny afternoon. Jess is looking up and smiling just off camera. She is wearing a black sweatshirt with a colourful red cherry repeat print.
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Jess Thom: 6 things… everyone should know about disability

The comedian and performer behind Touretteshero, breaks down some common misconceptions about disability.

In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke
Portrait of Hew Locke
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In the Black Fantastic: Hew Locke

Artist Hew Locke introduces his practices, and his work which featured in 2022’s Hayward Gallery exhibition, In the Black Fantastic, in a short video interview.

In the Black Fantastic: Ekow Eshun’s curator tour
A woman views a kneeling black figurative sculpture with long white hair and a painting featuring dark figures and red-brown earth tones, set against a terracotta gallery wall and floor.
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In the Black Fantastic: Ekow Eshun’s curator tour

Curator of In the Black Fantastic, Ekow Eshun, offers an introductory tour around the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition in this video.

7 Nobel Prize in Literature winners who’ve appeared at the Southbank Centre
Portrait of writer Orhan Pamuk sitting at his desk
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7 Nobel Prize in Literature winners who’ve appeared at the Southbank Centre

A look at Nobel Prize in Literature winners who have appeared at the London venue, including Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, Doris Lessing and Orhan Pamuk

Jyll Bradley introduces The Hop
Artst Jyll Bradley covered in a reflection of blue crosses
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Jyll Bradley introduces The Hop

Artist Jylll Bradley introduces The Hop, her interactive sculptural commission which appeared on the Hayward Gallery Terrace in 2022.

Cornelia Parker: the art of printing with light and glass
Sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker leans over a table in her studio to make marks on a piece of work; a male colleague leans on the table watching on. In the background are shelves of art supplies
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Cornelia Parker: the art of printing with light and glass

Watch the acclaimed artist Cornelia Parker discuss the process behind her distinctive Henry Fox Talbot inspired photogravure prints.

Playlist: New Music Biennial at 10
A female singer on a stage holds up a microphone; she is wearing a thin shroud and both she and the whole stage are bathed in a dark red light. The word 'Playlist' in yellow sits over the top of the image
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Playlist: New Music Biennial at 10

Enjoy 10 tracks from the first 10 years of New Music Biennial in this playlist specially produced ahead of our hosting of the 2022 event.

5 things to know about In the Black Fantastic
A woman views a kneeling black figurative sculpture with long white hair and a painting featuring dark figures and red-brown earth tones, set against a terracotta gallery wall and floor.
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5 things to know about In the Black Fantastic

An overview of the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition which brought together 11 contemporary artists to sample and reimagine Afrofuturism.

Ania Bas on Odd Hours, migration and displacement
Author Ania Bas, smiling and wearing glasses in a portrait photograph by Ashley Carr
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Ania Bas on Odd Hours, migration and displacement

Writer and artist Ania Bas discusses her debut novel, Odd Hours, and themes of migration and displacement in this 2022 interview.

They are here, because we were there: Afghan interpreters in the UK
Black and white portrait of Afghan interpreter. Image is pixelated and blurred to allow for anonymity of the subject.
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They are here, because we were there: Afghan interpreters in the UK

The challenges faced by Afghan former British Army interpreters resettled in the UK are discussed by photographer Andy Barnham and researcher Sara de Jong.

Meltdown 2022: Sounds of Africa
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Meltdown 2022: Sounds of Africa

A look at the African artists of Grace Jones’ Meltdown; Angélique Kidjo, Kasai Allstars, Oumou Sangaré, Baaba Maal and Desire Marea.

Meltdown 2022: Sounds of South London
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Meltdown 2022: Sounds of South London

A look at six South London acts who all appeared at Grace Jones’ Meltdown; Skunk Anansie, Big Joanie, Dry Cleaning, Shingai, cktrl and Greentea Peng