British Community Spirit (‘At Its Very Best’)
The following is a composition of electronic music exploring attitudes towards the pandemic and lockdown within the UK. The piece consists of Tweets being read aloud and processed by coronavirus-related statistics, accompanied by funeral songs from communities across the globe.
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Samira Ahmed
Join The Isis for a conversation with the journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, discussing Ahmed’s journey into journalism, her childhood in London and why she regrets pulling all-nighters at Oxford. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HmOYPliDt4SvZPqD4s6jv?si=kuHWPDJf
Six Months in the Islamic World
I spent the summer and autumn of 2019 traveling, learning, and living in the Muslim World. I conducted a research project in Pakistan and studied in Amman for a semester. Also included in these pictures are pictures from Oman and Palestine. The time I spent in these places was formative personally a
The Shakedown of Pornhub
In writing about Shakedown, Leilah Weinraub’s 2018 documentary feature, I am at a disadvantage. It is difficult to translate into words the dreamy visuals and experimental narrative that follows the queer women who performed in the Los Angeles black-lesbian strip club from which the film gets its
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Jeffrey Archer
Join The Isis for a conversation with the infamous novelist who’s sold over 300 million copies worldwide. We discuss Jeffrey’s intensive writing regime, the pressures of writing for such a vast readership, and how he’s changed in his 50 years of writing. Listen on Spotify: https://
Crawling Order
forget about hands and knees– his chest is on the ground. he is flattening himself like sourdough naan as men in hats stand sentinel and impatient. this procedure takes all day he is heaving his bones–elbows bear the weight of stomach, ribcage, legs for the distance of one hundred and fif
The Isis Podcasts: In Conversation with Amika George
Join The Isis for a conversation with period poverty activist Amika George, discussing her relationship with social media, period poverty in lockdown, and her upcoming book, ‘How To Be an Activist: A Guide’. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QyIO3XjfgLaTR6MnsDoYF?si=8U
A Brief Cultural History of the Cane Toad
Yesterday, I took out the kitchen compost. As I flung it into the bin, there, sitting on the rubbish, was a big fat cane toad. Revulsion flowed through me — and then, just as quickly, nostalgia. Is there a more Australian sight? Shocked, I reeled back: when did my mind transmute Australia’s most
No-one’s Little Girl
“This is a chord. This is another. This is a third. Now form a band.” So reads the infamous illustration in Sniffin’ Glue. Punk came crashing into the UK in about 1976 and brought liberation for all, if by ‘liberation’ we mean commercial success, and if by ‘all’ we mean white men. The