POETRY AND SETTLED STATUS FOR ALL – PRE-LAUNCH EVENT REVIEW

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Alexandros Plasatis, Ambrose Musiyiwa, artivism, Aryan Ashory, barrington gordon, Birgit Friedrich, Catherine Okoronkwo, chad norman, civicleicester, david owen, event, featured, gregory woods, Home Office, hubert moore, immigration, Malka al-Haddad, michelle witthaus, migration, Monica Manolachi, Munya Radzi, Nils Kobis, poems, poetry, Poetry and Settled Status for All, reading, review, settled, settler, translation, uk, Zsófia Hacsek.

by Richard Byrt

Last December, I attended a pre-launch of the anthology, Poetry and Settled Status for All, edited by Ambrose Musiyiwa, and published by CivicLeicester in January, 2022. The event was held on Zoom as part of the 8th annual Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. A recording of the event is available, through CivicLeicester on YouTube.

The poems and short prose pieces in the Poetry and Settled Status for All anthology, including those read at the pre-launch, concern the experiences of refugees, people seeking asylum and other immigrants.

ARTS MARKETS ARE NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artivism, arts markets, Brighton, Catford, Catford Mews, christmas, christmas markets, craftivism, Create Without Borders, ethical shopping, Etsy, featured, Forest Hill, Havelock Walk, Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, local arts, poetry, Refugee Women, retail, South London, support artists.

By Carmina Masoliver

People tend to flock to arts markets during the festive season, looking for gifts for loved ones, or treating themselves. I write in celebration of these markets and to urge others who want to shop ethically to seek out their local arts markets all year round.

‘IT MIGHT GET WEIRD’ – AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEUTRINOS’ KAREN REILLY

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged art, artivism, arts, band, cop26, featured, Glasgow, interview, karen reilly, klanghouse, lockdown, music, norwich, performance, the neutrinos.

by Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya

In November 2021, as Glasgow swirled with police, delegates and protesters during the COP26 conference, one sound art gallery was hosting a unique performance. There, Norwich band The Neutrinos performed Darkroom, their lockdown-inspired, one-audience member soundscape show which takes place – as the name suggests – entirely in darkness. I caught up with vocalist Karen Reilly about the show, the band’s partner project Klanghaus and their dream Darkroom performance venue.

‘REAL INTIMACY’ – THE NEUTRINOS LIVE

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artivism, featured, intimate, jeron gundersen, jon baker, karen reilly, klanghaus, mark howe, music, no christmas, norfolk, norwich, Norwich Arts Centre, politics, review, sal pittman, sofa, the neutrinos.

by Rowan Gavin

Sometimes you go to a gig not quite knowing what to expect. I found out I would be covering The Neutrinos’ recent double-set Norwich Arts Centre show for the Norwich Radical at relatively short notice, and decided on a whim to perpetuate my ignorance of the band’s work until I could hear it live. What I discovered, one December Saturday evening in that beautiful converted church hall, was all the more delightful for my lack of expectation – in fact, I’m not sure that any amount of pre-listening could have quite prepared me for the experience of this show.

THE RISE OF POPULISM IN 21ST CENTURY POLITICS

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged activism, alt-right, artivism, empathy, far right, Farage, fascism, featured, France, freedom party, generation identity, indentity, le pen, Lega, migration observatory, MSM, national front, Nazi, populism, racism, reactionary, Salvini, social media, Trump, uk, UNHCR, xenophobia.

by Matt Musindi

Politics has become more divisive and polarised than ever, and it is the populists who have been the main beneficiaries of these political divisions. A populist is someone who consistently promises to channel the unified will of the people. Going off this definition, most political parties in liberal democracies are populist and yet this is not the case – why?Continue Reading

THE RICH NOTHING AT UGLY DUCK

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged art, artivism, arts, Code of Ethics for Art Museums, drugs, exhibition, featured, Guerrilla Girls, Joe Holbrook, nostalgia, performance, poem, poetry, politics, reading, review, Sophie Fenella, The Garage, The Rich Nothing, Valerie Savchits.

by Carmina Masoliver

On a rainy Friday, people in-the-know gathered to listen to poetry in Ugly Duck for the launch of Sophie Fenella’s debut poetry collection The Rich Nothing. Ugly Duck is actually a series of different event spaces, with this particular one being located at 47/49 Tanner Street in Bermondsey. Inside this old Victorian tannery (where leather skins are processed), therein lies ‘The Garage’. On the ground floor, the space is described as having ‘a grungy urban warehouse feel’, and without much natural light at the back, it has an underground vibe in more than one sense of the word. With genuine caution signs for wet floors from leaks, it feels like an abandoned building that has been turned into an exhibition space – but in a cool way.

COUNTERACTING ANTI-IMMIGRATION YOUTH GROUPS IN THE UK

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged activism, alt right, artivism, empathy, far right, fascism, featured, France, freedom party, generation identity, indentity, Lega, migration observatory, MSM, national front, Nazi, New Routes Integration, racism, reactionary, social media, stand up to racism, UEA, uk, UNHCR, xenophobia.

by Mary O’Driscoll

Despite the visceral reaction that some may experience at the sight of the terms ‘far-right’ and ‘youth movement’ sat next to each other, the rise of anti-immigration far-right youth movements in European countries cannot be contested. Not only are far-right political parties moving closer to the mainstream, but young people are getting involved in movements opposing immigration. The values of far-right nationalist political parties such as National Rally (previously known as National Front) in France, Austria’s Freedom Party, and the League in Italy have been embodied in youth movements such as Generation Identity- a group that made the jump across the channel to the UK in 2017. With the painfully hypocritical border-focussed rhetoric of Trump’s United States, and the equally ironic anti-immigration discourse of a Brexit Britain, many people are under the impression that ‘Western’ countries are too generous to newcomers.Continue Reading

OLD JERUSALEM AND JERICHO

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artivism, austerity, City, cold, creative writing, elites, featured, homeless, jericho, Jerusalem, original, poem, poetry, poverty.

by Chris Jarvis

They talk of dreaming spires
sleeping beneath them is routine
Crammed into a shop front
derailed carriage lost steam

Through the spiralled alleyways
off the beaten track
A dampen sodden mattress
a man laid on his backContinue Reading

FOUR HAIKUS

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artivism, capitalism, freedom, haiku, humanity, money, poem, poetry, propaganda, resist, short, war.

by Mark Pearson

#1
Info war perverts.
Cold hard cash agendas set.
Truth is not out there.Continue Reading

INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AND UEA ALUMNUS JOHN DENNEHY

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arrest, art, artivism, book, border, Colombia, creative non fiction, creative writing, Ecuador, George W. Bush, illegal, immigration, interview, Iraq War, John Dennehy, migration, New York, novel, police, privilege, protest, resists, revolution, Trump, UEA.

by Hannah Rose

Your new book, Illegal, tells the story of your arrest and deportation from Ecuador and your consequent return over the Colombian border with the help of corrupt police. There’s also a love story which runs through it. Crime and love both sell books – was this thematic mix deliberate?

My original intent was to focus on borders and revolution but almost every person who read a draft, especially early on, wanted to know more about the love story. So I kept adding more with each new edit. We’ve all been in love so that shared experience makes it relatable and easier to digest. That common basis is a great launch pad to touch on everything else, too.Continue Reading

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POETRY AND SETTLED STATUS FOR ALL – PRE-LAUNCH EVENT REVIEW

by Richard Byrt

ARTS MARKETS ARE NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

By Carmina Masoliver

‘IT MIGHT GET WEIRD’ – AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEUTRINOS’ KAREN REILLY

by Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya

‘REAL INTIMACY’ – THE NEUTRINOS LIVE

by Rowan Gavin

THE RICH NOTHING AT UGLY DUCK

OLD JERUSALEM AND JERICHO

FOUR HAIKUS

INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR AND UEA ALUMNUS JOHN DENNEHY

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