Franco Rosso director and co-writer of Babylon (1980) passed away on 9th December, 2016 aged 75. The film’s soundtack was written by UK reggae legend Dennis Bovell. On the Sunday the 22nd January, 2017 Dennis will dedicate his entire Dub on Air radio show on Soho Radio as a tribute to Franco. Set in New … More Remembering Babylon and Franco Rosso with Dennis Bovell by Les Back

‘A friend came to see me in a dream. From far away. And I asked him in the dream: “Did you come by photograph or train?”‘ John Berger, The Seventh Man ‘We are all plotted on a continuum stretched between the poles of the “perfect tourist” and the “vagabond beyond remedy” – and our respective … More ‘No Stranger Place’, Radical Hospitality and Cosmopolitan Consciousness: Thinking with Berger and Bauman in Berlin Hauptbahnhof  by Emma Jackson

  This post is part of an occasional series, which has been produced in response to the PhD study weekend at Cumberland Lodge in June 2016 attended and organised by members of the Sociology PhD cohort at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The theme of the weekend was to explore creative and inventive methods in response … More Tracing Imperial Nostalgia at Cumberland Lodge By Chloe Peacock

To remember John Berger is to read him and let his words echo on unquietly. Like so many people I admired the sensuous nature of his attentiveness to the world, lived-with ideas and remain inspired by his example. In the days following the news of his death there have been many tributes from those who … More Meeting John Berger by Les Back