REVIEW: THE BRICKS THAT BUILT THE HOUSES, BY KATE TEMPEST

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #readwomen, Akala, Alex Preston, art, artivism, Benjamin Zephaniah, billy bragg, book, Brecht, character, disenfranchised, Everybody Down, government, inequality, Kate Tempest, Laura Marling, millennials, myth, mythologies, novel, poet, poetry, powerless, prose, Regina Spektor, review, Shakespeare, solidarity, spoken word, The bricks that built the houses, women artists, writing, youth.

by Carmina Masoliver

Kate Tempest is well known for her work within the world of poetry and music, yet her latest venture sees her trying her hand at prose, using her original modern mythologies weaved into a different form. Although the points of move from character to character, Becky stands out to be the central character.

The first chapter made me think of the question uttered by both Shakespeare and Brecht about the role of art, suggesting to possibility for it to be both a mirror and hammer, when it comes to most peoples’ realities. Yet, at times it felt like the outlook was too cynical, too similar to the thoughts in the heads in this generation where we so often feel powerless to make change. It was almost too real, holding a truth too close to the bone.Continue Reading

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL BREXIT

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged album, anarchy, arts, Brexit, canada, Churchill, dread, economy, england, EU, euRef, Europe, hellscape, Kate Tempest, Leave, Lexit, mad max, migration, mock, music, Panic, parody, Range Rover, referendum, Remain, response, Rue Britannia, satire, Sex Pistols, songs, spoken word, The Clash, The Smiths, uk, visa, work.

by Mike Vinti

Are you hungover and full of existential dread? Do you have a crippling fear that life will never be the same? Have you said the phrase ‘let’s face it, we’re fucked’ in the last 24 hours? If you have, then boy, do we have just the songs for you.Continue Reading

POETRY HITS THE HEADLINES, BUT IS IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS?

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #derangedpoetess, Ahren warner, award, Bloodaxe, books, British, Chinese, collection, creative writing, criticism, family, headline, heritage, Kate Tempest, Katy Evans-Bush, Kei Miller, Loop of Jade, media, MSM, news, Pascale Petit, poem, poems, poet, poetry, racism, Sarah Howe, sexism, T S Eliot, writing.

by Carmina Masoliver

For those who are partial to a bit of poetry, you’ll probably have heard by now that Sarah Howe has been awarded this year’s T.S. Eliot prize by judges Pascale Petit (chair), Kei Miller, and Ahren Warner. You may also have seen this article, which questioned the negative tinge of the criticism of which Howe has received. Katy Evans-Bush argued that these criticisms were more to do with Howe’s age, gender and ethnicity (Howe is of dual Chinese-British heritage). Some seemed baffled both that it was possible to win on a first collection, yet also that it took her ten years to write. Surely the fact that she spent so long producing the poetry might suggest how it became possible to win? I mean, that, or witchcraft.Continue Reading

THE RADICAL’S YEAR IN MUSIC

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #WomeninMusic, 2015, anthem, Courtney Barnett, end of year, Father John Misty, GOAT, Grime, hip hop, Hypebeast, Kate Tempest, Kendrick Lamar, Kojey Radical, list, music, playlist, politics, punk, pussy riot, radical, rap, Road man, Skepta, Slaves, sleaford mods, spoken word, video.

by Mike Vinti

2015 has been a pretty incredible year for music, especially that of a socially conscious political nature. Kendrick Lamar cemented his position as the year’s GOAT (Great of All Time for you non-rap-nerds out there) with To Pimp a Butterfly, Sleaford Mods gave a voice to the victims of austerity with their acerbic, bassline backed rants and grime blew up so fast that half the teenagers in the country switched from Hypebeast to Road Man in the space of a month. As it’s the time of year where every goddamn publication lists their top 10, 20, 50, 100 etc. albums we figured we’d run through the year’s best moments, in no particular order, with a special end of year Radical Playlist. Continue Reading

WOMAN VERSUS WORLD

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged art, artist, channel 4, creative, feminism, gig, hollie mcnish, Kate Tempest, norwich, performance, poet, poetry, porn, random acts, stage, vimeo, women.

by Carmina Masoliver

Hollie McNish: Versus tour — Open Banking Hall, Norwich. Hollie McNish has been on this particular tour for a long time now, having had it extended from the first set of dates. In the format that one would expect a music gig to be in, this proves — if nothing else — that poetry can work in this setting. As a poet, part of what I loved was McNish’s refusal to write something more theatrical with lots of movement, or to strive for a narrative arc. A poet who likes to keep things simple — this stripped down approach was refreshing and inspiring.

THREE WOMEN POETS

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged book, book review, creative writing, female poets, feminism, feminist, Joelle Taylor, Kate Tempest, poem, poet, poetry, review, Sabrina Mahfouz, spoken word, women, women poets, women writer.

by Carmina Masoliver

This article reviews three books by writers who occupy both the page and the stage. My first experience of all three of these women was as poets on the stage, yet reading them was entirely different and allows time to mull over the words in a way you can’t necessarily with live performance.

Kate Tempest

REVIEW: THE BRICKS THAT BUILT THE HOUSES, BY KATE TEMPEST

NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL BREXIT

POETRY HITS THE HEADLINES, BUT IS IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS?

WOMAN VERSUS WORLD

THREE WOMEN POETS

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