Poetry: Easing by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on emerging from lockdown
Art & Design
Public art project invites Hackney residents to see their colourful photos become optical illusions
Collaboration between artist Jo Guile and researcher Dr Emily Patterson hopes to ‘spark conversation about subjective nature of perception’
Street artists unveil free poster gallery in Finsbury Park dedicated to frontline workers
Display on The Arts Building is part of the Posters for the People campaign, which is raising money for a variety of charities
Poetry: Car Sick by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright finds herself at the mercy of a driver with a death wish as she tries to make sense of Boris Johnson’s latest speech
Poetry: Far out at sea by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how ‘we must find new ways to navigate the world’
Small Talk, My Animal, online exhibition review: ‘A return to the root of human existence’
Curator and artist Molly Morphew’s lockdown-friendly, multimedia show ‘strips away the artifice’ of modern life
Poetry: Kitchen Sill Radio by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on how, in a crisis, even everyday comforts can take on a new meaning
Art in the time of coronavirus: The best of London’s galleries – online
Alice Jones picks out the crème de la crème of the capital’s virtual exhibitions
Poetry: London by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a sleeping city
Poetry: The small things by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on appreciating life’s little touches
Poetry: The Saved by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on the lockdown’s environmental silver lining, and the need to ‘carry the good change through’
Comic: Lockdown Diary (part 1) by Francisco de la Mora
The local illustrator recreates Samuel Pepys’ famous diary in the age of Covid-19
Poetry: NHS (thank you) by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright pays tribute to the nation’s health workers
Poetry: Our Children by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning playwright wonders how our kids will remember the pandemic
‘Much needed visual tonic’: Homerton Hospital shares new artworks by brain injury patients
Curator Shaun Caton hopes the recently made collages will give the borough a ‘morale boost’ at a ‘challenging time for all’
Poetry: Cherry Tree by Tamara von Werthern
The award-winning local playwright on a Spring ‘snatched away’