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A daring new poster which employs acidic satire to attack and highlight the concept of ‘white privilege’ has been displayed in Digbeth, Birmingham. The parody poster is the work of an enigmatic Birmingham street artist and activist known as Foka Wolf, an anonymous urban creative who is often compared to Banksy in his scathing but hilarious socio-political observations.
Why do I celebrate International Women’s Day? When this question was posed to me, I paused for a minute. It almost felt like a loaded question. ‘Why’ is IWD an important day for ‘me’ as a British Asian woman? Each year, this day marks a movement of sorts and starts conversations that go on to…
As part of our series on International Women’s Day, we’re exploring how women identify and balance their personal identities. Photographer Nathan McGill – currently based in Birmingham – has been documenting what it means to be a Black woman embodying natural Afro hair; celebrating the beauty of African and Caribbean women through visual representation, in this case, photography.
International Women’s Day on March 8th provides an important opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements while calling for greater equality. This year’s 2020 campaign theme is #EachforEqual, a message reflecting an equal world being an enabled world.
With so much entertainment and activities to partake in, it would be easy to miss the humble store where Stonewall UK were set up. A simple stand draped in some merchandise and literature isn’t really one’s first point of call at a festival. However, the importance of their presence entwined with the message they were…
The first-ever late night rave was held at the Birmingham City Council House’s prestigious banqueting suite last night, as part of the Festival of Audacity. Intent of being creatively audacious and daring, youth organisation Free Radical ensured the city’s Council House allowed young people to hold a music and dance filled extravaganza at the historic…
The Festival of Audacity, a free three-day extravaganza from Free Radical, has seen a myriad of creatives and artists occupy unusual spaces across Birmingham these last few days. Described by organisers as a “multidisciplinary festival of activist art making all of Birmingham its stage”, the showcase aims to take art out of its comfort zone, and boy, has it…
After a two year absence, MNEK made a grand comeback at this year’s Birmingham Pride Main Stage. Ahead of his newest single ‘Colour’ being released in June, MNEK treated pride goers to an electrifying set cementing MNEK as a musical sensation.