Discovering trans history

Some would have you believe that queer histories can only really be written about from the late 19th century onwards, when words like ‘homosexual’ first appear. But spend a little time in dusty old ar

Danny Bird Your book opens with the story of a woman named Solitude on Guadaloupe. Why did you choose to start with her and what can she tell us about the wider history of resistance among enslaved pe

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

DURING A TIME OF RAPID DISRUPTION, A RISING COMMUNITY OF WOMEN ARE RETHINKING THE FUTURE OF THE ART WORLD IN IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS. FRIEZE DIRECTOR EVA LANGRET INTRODUCES THE ARTISTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES POWER PLAYERS TO KNOW

31 / CALLING FOR PEACE BY CATE BLANCHETT Those of us who know Emi Mahmoud can attest to her work’s unstoppable nature. In 2017, Emi created the first fully inclusive civilian peace talks in Sudan, lif

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...