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An interview with Gemma Seltzer: “The messiness of friendship is what I like exploring”

23rd November 202123rd November 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

Shamini Sriskandarajah talks to author Gemma Seltzer about her new short story collection Ways of Living and its themes of female friendship, religion, and the city.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: female friendships, flâneuses, Gemma seltzer, Influx Press, Interview, Judaism, London, Short Stories, Ways of Living, workshops, Write and Shine

Ways of Living by Gemma Seltzer: powerful and deeply human

28th July 202128th July 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

Shamini Sriskandarajah reviews this debut collection of London-based short stories, full of vivid, colourful characters and with a joyfully feminist streak.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Book Review, Gemma seltzer, Influx Press, London, Short Stories, Ways of Living

Lucifer Over London: (re)discovering the city through new eyes

8th February 20219th February 2021  Rebecca Clark

Nine international artists, all of whom have adopted London as their home, share their experiences in this exciting new anthology.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Chloe Aridjis, essay, Influx Press, Joanna Walsh, London, Lucifer Over London, Photography, Saleh Addonia, Susana Moreira Marques, Vanni Bianconi, Viola Di Grado, Wolfgang Lehrner, Xiaolu Guo, Zinovy Zinik

Steve McQueen’s Year 3 at Tate Britain

8th December 2020  Shamini Sriskandarajah

Artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen’s epic Year 3 project brings together more than 3000 class portraits from over 1500 primary schools to commemorate a most formative time in a child’s educational life. The result, says our writer Shamini Sriskandarajah, is at once illuminating and moving.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Childhood, children, Duveen Galleries, dyslexia, filmmaker, learning difficulties, London, Maria Balshaw, Photography, portraits, Primary schools, Small Axe, Steve McQueen, Tate, Tate Britain, Year 3

The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain at Tate Britain

16th June 201916th June 2019  Jo Hemmings

Tate’s latest exhibition, Van Gogh and Britain, reveals the extent to which the artist was inspired by British culture and in turn, influenced it. In her review, Jo Hemmings asks why we’re still captivated by Van Gogh and his work.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: At Eternity's Gate, Charles Dickens, London, Loving Vincent, painting, Starry Night, Sunflowers, Tate, Tate Britain, Van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh, Virginia Woolf
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    By Shikhandin
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