Entering the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life was more like slipping into a time machine than stepping foot inside a museum. Not in pictures or preserved artefacts, but in the air I breathed, the soil I walked on, and the distant rumble of machinery that seemed to murmur, the industrial history of Coatbridge unfurled […]
At the core of The Events is Claire, a community choir director and priest whose life is torn apart when a mass shooting devastates her choir. Claire’s journey through grief, anger, and her search for answers serves as the emotional backbone of the play. Greig’s writing does not give the audience the neat closure that might be expected, and instead explores the painful uncertainty and existential questions that follow such atrocities – A story of healing in the face of unimaginable horror.
Hornick speculated that a kapo must have known the train carrying mothers and children who were useless to the Japanese workforce would eventually be sent to the death chambers. Because of this, “he must have looked in that coach and thought, well perhaps I’ll try to save a couple,” as the saying goes.
The impact extends beyond the annual brochure of activities. Its community learning and engagement, and professional development programmes run throughout the year, reaching the widest possible audiences and contributing to the cultural and social life of Edinburgh and Scotland.
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Granada writers in residence program is accepting application! Granada UNESCO City of Literature, which depends on Granada City Council’s Department for the Arts, in partnership with the University of Granada (through its University Extension Unit, International Development Unit, and Social Responsibility, Equality and Inclusion Unit), is launching a new international Granada Writers in Residence Programme.
Jos Repertory Theatre brings back to live on stage a radically classical production of Zulu Sofola’s award-winning Wedlock of the Gods. Wedlock of the Gods is a classical piece of African literature that tackles the subject of taboo and arranged marriages within the traditional context of precolonial Africa.
Are Nigerians tolerant or complacent? Every human has a breaking point. Now, is it that as a nation we are so broken it is difficult to gather our pieces together and be whole again? Many in this life have come to that point where they don’t qualify themselves as alive despite their talents and abilities.
Contd…“Heat.” Mrs. Otim begins her dictation. I scramble into my bag, looking for my pen. It was somewhere around. I cannot find it. Good Lord! Lord have mercy! Mrs. Otim is already 3 lines into her note and I am not writing. Lord, do not let her see me yet. Lord!
If I bare the terrifying pain in my soul, help me in only one way —be petrified by me. I don’t need pity. Pity can be bottled and saved for tomorrow. Mama should not have praised me the way she did, calling me bold, beautiful and blessed.