Arts & Culture

Arts and culture is life if you are not making it. They are making you through a fusion of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary interpretations, unveiling the intricate tapestry of global cultures. From visual arts that paint vivid stories on canvases to timeless writings weaponized like scissors to trim your mind to fit the writer’s perceptions in literature, our Arts & Culture section is a sanctuary for people of black heritage seeking inspiration and cultural enrichment.

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Open call for Oxford Poetry Prize

Submissions remain open for the 2025 Oxford Poetry Prize, with just two weeks left before the deadline at midnight on Sunday, 31 August 2025. The Prize is awarded annually by

Jendella Benson – All That We’ve Got

Join Jendella Benson at The Heath Bookshop in Birmingham for an unforgettable evening of conversation and insight as she discusses her powerful new book, All That We’ve Got. Jendella will be

Palette Poetry Free Challenge 2025

Submission Guidelines: Please read carefully! [FREE] submissions are open from June 23, 2025 – July 13, 2025. For this challenge, please submit only once! We hope to offer this free

Strictly For Music In Africa And The Caribbean.

We are running the last Music Industry Knowledge-Boosting Masterclass as part of our 2025 British Black Music Month offer. A Ghanaian music industry professional suggested we offered a discount on the

Spook Door

This June, a special The Spook Who Sat By the Door Book Tour in collaboration with EVERYMAN cinema in London and Leeds!   Feature two EXCLUSIVE screenings of the recently

Bollywood Icon Manoj Kumar Passes Away at 87

Renowned Bollywood actor and director Manoj Kumar has passed away at the age of 87 in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. Dr. Santosh Shetty of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he

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