Liberty Martin - Arts and Culture Contributor

Liberty Martin (she/her) is a writer, archive assistant and podcaster whose work focuses on cultural production across the African diaspora. She co-hosts a monthly podcast, Lose Your Sister, which analyses media through a Black feminist lens. She has previously worked with the Harvard Review, Small Axe, the Financial Times, the Black Cultural Archives, and the Barnard College Digital Humanities Center, amongst other publications and organisations.

You can follow her musings on Twitter at @libertyamartin.

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Nwando Ebizie's Extreme Unction Vol.2 Review
Nwando Ebizie's Extreme Unction Vol.2 Review

Nwando Ebizie’s Extreme Unction Vol. 2 is a performance installation “where grieving and loss meet ecstasy and exultation, a liminal sonic-ritual art environment.” Situated in the theatre of Artadmin’s Toynbee Studios, the immersive sensory experience forms a part of their What Shall We Build Here festival which integrates art, community and climate awareness…

In conversation with Emily Moore
In conversation with Emily Moore

Emily’s journey to becoming a working artist has been nonlinear - after earning a graphic design degree, she moved away from creative work to do a myriad of jobs and raise her son. In 2017 she returned to school to pursue a BA in fine art, and when she was immersed in completing an MA at the Royal College of Art, she found herself graduating in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Rye Lane at Rooftop Film Club review
Rye Lane at Rooftop Film Club review

Rom coms have been sorely missing from our media diets for a long while now. As Hollywood regurgitates remakes and blockbuster franchises, the appetite for original and personal stories keeps growing. If you’re hungry for a fresh take on a beloved genre, then a small, independent Black British film may satisfy your craving: Raine Allen Miller’s Rye Lane…

City Splash Festival 2023 Review
City Splash Festival 2023 Review

Brixton’s Brockwell Park is having a very busy summer. Only a day after the jazz and soul showcase of Cross the Tracks, the 50-hectare park hosted the reggae and dancehall festival City Splash. For its third year, City Splash welcomed more than 60 Caribbean and African music acts to a 30,000 strong audience in South London…

In conversation with Péjú Oshin
In conversation with Péjú Oshin

Péjú Oshin is a university lecturer, curator, poet, and the associate director of the commercial art gallery Gagosian…

Ballet Black: Pioneers Review, Barbican Theatre
Ballet Black: Pioneers Review, Barbican Theatre

London-based dance company Ballet Black has been on a mission to diversify ballet since 2001. Their latest sold-out production, Ballet Black: Pioneers, featured at the Barbican between 8 to 12 March of this year. The show comprises two acts: Then Or Now, a fusion of poetry, music and dance choreographed by Will Tuckett, and By Whatever Means, a theatrical love letter to Nina Simone, choreographed by Mthuthuzeli November…

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