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Tag: Mental Health

‘Missing the Train’ & other poems by Susan Wilson

13th January 202115th January 2021  Susan Wilson

Susan Wilson’s poems quietly and sensitively explore the range of feelings – numbness, pain and longing – experienced after losing a loved one, enacting within their poetic structures the motions and process of grief.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Burley Fisher, grief, Mental Health, Poetry, Snakeskin, Spineless Authors, Susan Wilson

Body Politic’s Father Figurine at Stratford Circus Arts Centre

17th June 201917th June 2019  Shirley Ahura

Body Politic’s latest production, Father Figurine, unites hip hop dance theatre and spoken word to powerful effect when exploring the fractured relationship between a father and his son. Our arts contributor, Shirley Ahura, writes an extended review of this vital, poignant piece.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Body Politic, Dance, Derek Mok, Emma-Jane Morbey, Father Figurine, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Dance Theatre, Isaac Ouro-Gnao, Josh Tomalin, Lee Griffiths, Mental Health, Mental health Awareness, Spoken Word, Stephen Brown, Stratford Circus, Toxic Masculinity, Tyrone Isaac-Stuart

Brands: Stop Using Suicide to Sell Your Products

21st March 201921st March 2019  Helen Long

After Burberry’s recent fashion “faux pas” with its fall/winter 2019 collection, Helen Long considers how brands need to be more responsible when it comes to the depiction of violence and suicide.

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Posted in Arts, Fashion, Film and Media, OpinionTagged: 13 Reasons Why, Burberry, Fashion, Mental Health, netflix
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