News & Articles
A selection of latest news and published articles
Feb 5, 2024 | Article
Turning Point – Review of Jo Lathwood: Making Up
Writer Marjorie H Morgan reviews an exhibition by artist Jo Lathwood, who has been commissioned by The Lowry to spend six weeks as …
Nov 7, 2023 | Article
Lubaina Himid: A Fine Toothed Comb – Interview part two
Lubaina Himid: A Fine Toothed Comb – Interview part two Writer Marjorie H Morgan continues her conversation with Lubaina Himid, …
Oct 10, 2023 | Article
Lubaina Himid: A Fine Toothed Comb – Interview part one
Lubaina Himid: A Fine Toothed Comb – Interview part one Lubaina Himid CBE RA is a British Turner Prize-winning artist who was born …
Sep 22, 2023 | News
Adventures in White Privilege
Adventures in White Privilege Created by Alexia Andrei, Marjorie H Morgan and Rosie Swayne An audiowork based around biographical …
Sep 1, 2023 | News
Hear Me Now, Volume Two - Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour
Hear Me Now, Volume Two Two of my monologues have now been published by Bloomsbury under the imprint @MethuenDrama; you can find …
Jun 29, 2023 | Article
Reversed Cartography – A Review of Liverpool Biennial 2023
**Reversed Cartography **– A review of Liverpool Biennial 2023 “As a member of the African diaspora, the festival’s curation feels …
May 10, 2023 | Article
British Black History Workshop – KS2
British Black History Workshop – KS2 “From King John’s royal court in the 13th century through to the premiership football pitch, …
Nov 11, 2022 | Article
The Colour of War
The Colour of War “Through the creation and sharing of art, the people who have fought, survived and returned from the many …
Aug 25, 2022 | Article
Women and the sea: the art of Lubaina Himid and Emma Stothard
“Women’s relationship with the sea has varied throughout the ages, social classes and cultures of the world. The sea has the …
Jun 22, 2022 | Article
The perfect storm: Basil Watson creates the National Windrush Monument
The perfect storm: Basil Watson creates the National Windrush Monument The selection of Jamaican, USA-based sculptor Basil Watson …
May 13, 2022 | News
Caught in the Medium: Racist Cameras
Caught in the Medium: Racist Cameras The summer exhibitions at the Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, are open from 13 May – …
Jul 25, 2021 | Article
The Black and White Truth About Photography
The Black and White Truth About Photography At its most basic level photography is about storytelling. However, it’s not all black …
Apr 9, 2021 | News
Threshold Hybrid Festival of Music & Arts
Threshold Festival Friday 9 April – Saturday 10 April 2021. 10 Year Anniversary of the Threshold Hybrid Festival of Music and …
Apr 17, 2019 | Article
Sisters, Doing it for Themselves
Everybody loves an underdog story, and everybody loves a sports story. “A League of Their Own” (1992) is a combination of both …
Feb 25, 2019 | Article
Strong Island – The Contours of Fear: A Documentary Elegy
The sound of repetitive, relentless punching against a fixed piece of board starts this documentary, and a world upside down and …
Dec 9, 2018 | Article
Black bodies and the white gaze - A personal insight into the destructive societal and political dichotomy of Blackness and Whiteness
Understanding the social structures of Blackness and whiteness in the 21st century is a mission in a time of crisis. It is …
Jul 7, 2018 | Article
The Importance of UK Black Pride
Marjorie Morgan explores the importance of spaces dedicated to LGBT people of colour in a society where white heterosexuality is …
Jun 29, 2018 | Article
The Long History of the Hostile Environment
The Windrush Scandal has shed light on the ‘hostile environment’ as it has recently been implemented against legal British …
Jan 12, 2018 | Article
Objectification and sexualisation of the Black female body – from Sara Baartman to Beyoncé
Since the 15th century – in the Americas and the colonised world – the Black female body has been seen as a product to be used to …