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The Barbican Centre is racist; here’s why we made a book about it
  • first person
  • 18 Jun

The Barbican Centre is racist; here’s why we made a book about it

  • Barbican Stories
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s viral essay shows why context will forever be key
  • culture
  • Today

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s viral essay shows why context will forever be key

  • Oluwatayo Adewole
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Cultivating hope: how this charity is using floristry to help asylum-seeking women flourish
  • life
  • 20 Jun

Cultivating hope: how this charity is using floristry to help asylum-seeking women flourish

  • Kate Bernstock
‘We’re basically a Disney Channel pop-punk band’: get to know Meet Me @ The Altar
  • music
  • 19 Jun

‘We’re basically a Disney Channel pop-punk band’: get to know Meet Me @ The Altar

  • Aliya Chaudhry
Five on it: Tyler is back! What will his new era have in store?
  • five on it
  • music
  • 18 Jun

Five on it: Tyler is back! What will his new era have in store?

  • Kayleigh Watson
After 10 years of therapy, I want to know: does it ever end?
  • first person
  • 18 Jun

After 10 years of therapy, I want to know: does it ever end?

  • Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
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Bookmark this: Why we’re fed up of weak excuses from anti-imperialists accepting MBEs
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  • politics
  • 17 Jun

Bookmark this: Why we’re fed up of weak excuses from anti-imperialists accepting MBEs

  • Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin

An award winning media company committed to sharing the perspectives of people of colour from marginalised genders

gal-dem horoscopes: expect twists and turns this Gemini season

"Gemini season is finally here; a period when more than one reality can exist at the same time"

  • Marissa Malik
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s viral essay shows why context will forever be key
  • culture
  • Today

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s viral essay shows why context will forever be key

  • Oluwatayo Adewole
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A Christchurch attack film already? Hollywood’s never had Muslim people’s interests at heart
  • culture
  • 15 Jun

A Christchurch attack film already? Hollywood’s never had Muslim people’s interests at heart

  • Zahraa Ahmed
Social media thrives on shame – but how should we handle an offensive past coming to light?
  • culture
  • 10 Jun

Social media thrives on shame – but how should we handle an offensive past coming to light?

  • Stephanie Soh
For Pride, here are 13 QTPOC films and TV shows that don’t just end in misery!
  • culture
  • 09 Jun

For Pride, here are 13 QTPOC films and TV shows that don’t just end in misery!

  • gal-dem staff
Bookmark this: Why we’re fed up of weak excuses from anti-imperialists accepting MBEs
  • bookmark this
  • politics
  • 17 Jun

Bookmark this: Why we’re fed up of weak excuses from anti-imperialists accepting MBEs

  • Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
How one woman is keeping the politically charged and defiant art of Palestinian embroidery alive
  • politics
  • 14 Jun

How one woman is keeping the politically charged and defiant art of Palestinian embroidery alive

  • Hadil Louz
How a York noise protest become the first battleground in the fight to stop ‘mega prisons’
  • politics
  • 10 Jun

How a York noise protest become the first battleground in the fight to stop ‘mega prisons’

  • Shahed Ezaydi
Open letter from Palestine to the world: For Palestinian women, violence doesn’t end with a ceasefire
  • politics
  • 08 Jun

Open letter from Palestine to the world: For Palestinian women, violence doesn’t end with a ceasefire

  • Asmaa Abdullah
  • Zeina AbuSitteh
  • Lina AbiRafeh

What happened to Shukri Abdi?

How the death of a 12-year-old refugee became a contested cause.

  • Nimo Omer
Cultivating hope: how this charity is using floristry to help asylum-seeking women flourish
  • life
  • 20 Jun

Cultivating hope: how this charity is using floristry to help asylum-seeking women flourish

  • Kate Bernstock
Wellness, meditation and Pride: Twiggy Jalloh talks working with Converse and self-care
  • life
  • 16 Jun

Wellness, meditation and Pride: Twiggy Jalloh talks working with Converse and self-care

  • Dominic Cadogan
How rollerskating’s Black-led resurgence is saving a generation
  • life
  • 12 Jun

How rollerskating’s Black-led resurgence is saving a generation

  • Olivia Davies
7 ways to keep nature in your life long after lockdown
  • life
  • 06 Jun

7 ways to keep nature in your life long after lockdown

  • Coral Richards
The Barbican Centre is racist; here’s why we made a book about it
  • first person
  • 18 Jun

The Barbican Centre is racist; here’s why we made a book about it

  • Barbican Stories
After 10 years of therapy, I want to know: does it ever end?
  • first person
  • 18 Jun

After 10 years of therapy, I want to know: does it ever end?

  • Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
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Unpacking the ‘big sister’ dynamic in South Asian cultures
  • first person
  • 10 Jun

Unpacking the ‘big sister’ dynamic in South Asian cultures

  • Tasneem Pocketwala
How Disney cartoons helped me deal with the fear of death
  • first person
  • 04 Jun

How Disney cartoons helped me deal with the fear of death

  • Naveesha Ghedia
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‘We’re basically a Disney Channel pop-punk band’: get to know Meet Me @ The Altar
  • music
  • 19 Jun

‘We’re basically a Disney Channel pop-punk band’: get to know Meet Me @ The Altar

  • Aliya Chaudhry
Five on it: Tyler is back! What will his new era have in store?
  • five on it
  • music
  • 18 Jun

Five on it: Tyler is back! What will his new era have in store?

  • Kayleigh Watson
Five on it: ‘Solar Power’ finds Lorde living her best life back on the beach
  • five on it
  • music
  • 11 Jun

Five on it: ‘Solar Power’ finds Lorde living her best life back on the beach

  • Kayleigh Watson
On Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast shows joy is the journey not the destination
  • music
  • 11 Jun

On Jubilee, Japanese Breakfast shows joy is the journey not the destination

  • Cordelia Lam

Queeries: what’s with all this post-lockdown anxiety?

“Easing lockdown doesn’t mean easing your boundaries”

  • Aisha Mirza
Queeries: what’s with all this post-lockdown anxiety?
  • life
  • queeries
  • 23 Apr

Queeries: what’s with all this post-lockdown anxiety?

  • Aisha Mirza
Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever
  • life
  • 10 Apr

Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever

  • Eilidh Akilade
Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown
  • first person
  • 01 Apr

Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown

  • Nali Simukulwa
A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways
  • life
  • 24 Mar

A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways

  • Angela Hui
‘It’s impossible to step back’ – meet the mutual aid volunteers who persisted in the pandemic
  • politics
  • 23 Mar

‘It’s impossible to step back’ – meet the mutual aid volunteers who persisted in the pandemic

  • Priyankaa Joshi
Crochet, pickles, hula hooping – are we keeping up the lockdown hobbies once we’re allowed outside?
  • life
  • 20 Mar

Crochet, pickles, hula hooping – are we keeping up the lockdown hobbies once we’re allowed outside?

  • Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

A Year of the Pandemic

Articles telling the story of the pandemic one year since lockdown began.
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What happened to Shukri Abdi?
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 05 May

What happened to Shukri Abdi?

  • Nimo Omer
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‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 01 Feb

‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector

  • Moya Lothian McLean
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Under lockdown Manchester’s Black students have become suspects
  • investigations
  • 18 Nov

Under lockdown Manchester’s Black students have become suspects

  • Emma Blake Morsi
The messy story of the influencer who raised £48,000 for victims of the Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 03 Nov

The messy story of the influencer who raised £48,000 for victims of the Sri Lanka Easter bombings

  • Donya Jeyabalasingham
Wellness, meditation and Pride: Twiggy Jalloh talks working with Converse and self-care
  • life
  • 16 Jun

Wellness, meditation and Pride: Twiggy Jalloh talks working with Converse and self-care

  • Dominic Cadogan
Only you and dem: bringing together The Receipts podcast hosts and a long-time fan
  • 15 Jun

Only you and dem: bringing together The Receipts podcast hosts and a long-time fan

  • gal-dem staff
‘The first time I wore Ankara I felt like a queen’: meet Converse All Star artist Jael Umerah-Makelemi
  • 18 May

‘The first time I wore Ankara I felt like a queen’: meet Converse All Star artist Jael Umerah-Makelemi

  • Kofo Ajala
Radio presenter Henrie Kwushue on her post-lockdown summer glo-up plans
  • life
  • 20 Apr

Radio presenter Henrie Kwushue on her post-lockdown summer glo-up plans

  • Kemi Alemoru

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