07.00 GMT Church of Our Lady of Regla (1818), Havana, 2019This series of landscape studies of places of worship form a visual timeline of Cuban religious history. Shot on a large-format camera, the highly detailed yet intimate photographs reveal a surprising range of architectural forms. The subtle attention to colour, light and scale, combined with the […]
07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Oct 2022 11.40 BST Ram Chand: Two Men and Mirror Portrait, 1970sAn Alternative History of Photography: Works from the Solander Collection opens at the Photographers’ Gallery, London from 7 October until 19 February. An accompanying book, An Alternative History of Photography, is published by Prestel and out now in the […]
07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 21 Jun 2022 15.54 BST Untitled, 1968In 1968, the west African photographer Rachidi Bissiriou set up Studio Plaisir in his hometown of Kétou in Benin, which he operated until its closure in 2004. Gloire Immortelle is Bissiriou’s first ever solo exhibition. It captures the spirit of a pivotal historical moment through […]
20.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 4 Mar 2021 20.10 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Fruit of comedy loins … Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem with Jermaine Fowler as his son, Lavelle, in Coming 2 America. Photograph: Quantrell D Colbert/Amazon Studios Did we need a sequel to Eddie Murphy’s fish-out-of-water 1980s romp […]
14.49 GMT Last modified on Wed 3 Mar 2021 03.59 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Dr Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo depicts two men, described as being from Africa, wearing grass skirts and carrying exotic-looking animals. Photograph: Erin McCracken/AP Publication of six Dr Seuss books will cease, the company that preserves […]
07.00 GMT Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya is one of the largest rhinoceros sanctuaries in the world and home to Najin and Fatu, a mother and daughter who are the last living northern white rhinos in existence. Jack Davison’s Ol Pejeta is published by Loose Joints. Sales of the book will raise funds for those trying […]
07.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 8 Dec 2020 15.51 GMT John Harrison, Elko, Nevada, 1981Kurt Markus was born in Montana in 1947 and lived there for most of his life until his recent move to Santa Fe, New Mexico. His deep western roots are reflected in his early photographs, as well as his later volumes on […]
07.00 GMT ‘As a black man, the opportunity to be on a public wall, as art, is inspiring. Ridley Road is a place I’ve visited regularly since being in London, to touch base with various black independent entrepreneurs like Dre from Scented Oils or Ras-P, where I get inspired clothing printed. Anything you need is here’ […]
08.25 BST Last modified on Fri 25 Sep 2020 15.10 BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Debbie Harry, Neneh Cherry and David Bowie, three of Red Hot’s biggest stars. Composite: Red Hot For millions of people, the current situation feels entirely new. For John Carlin, it feels eerily familiar. Three decades ago, when […]
13.00 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Aug 2020 13.48 BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email ‘It can be argued that the 1918 flu found its way into the literature of the 1920s in a certain anxiety and melancholy that infuse the writing of the time.’ People seek help in San Francisco, California, […]
[Hook: Red Cafe + (French Montana)] God wanted us to be lit God wanted us to be lit All the hate can’t stop this God wanted us to be lit God wanted us to be lit God wanted us to be lit (Do your dance girl you know you bad It’s your birthday girl you […]
I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She’s coming in 12:30 flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way, Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies He turned to me as if […]
[Chorus: Thundercat] At the end of it all No one wants to drink alone Baby that’s how it goes Don’t walk away from me [Verse 1: Thundercat] Fragmented memories Sentences incomplete That’s when she said "Don’t wanna put up a fight anymore I’m down to the end of my rope And I’m freefalling I’ll search […]
[Hook] You do the right thing, you know you inspire me You do the right thing, you know you inspire me Can’t go wrong (this one’s for you, you, you) You do the right thing, you know you inspire me (you, you, you) [Verse 1] You tried to keep me away from temptation Introduced me […]
When the valley couldn’t hold me, they throw me in the river Thinking I would drown, but man, ah, good swimmer, whoa When the river didn’t drown me, they throw me in the fire But the fire just cool, I could never burn, oh ‘Cause I’m a believer, I’m a believer I’m a believer, I’m […]
[Hook: Davido] Mi o fe mo n’pa any daddy I pray to God say I go make am, eehh She dey feel the bass wey dey make the girls shake am, ehh-eh If you fuck around, you go make my guys ginger ooh [Chorus: Davido] I be making and spending the owo Mehn, I be […]
Gather round me people, got a song to sing About that sweet magnolia thyme The black eyed Susan made some catfish stew And papa brought some homemade wine Now, all the southern children like to rock ‘n’ roll The TV mamas tell you why They got it on the boat from Africa It’s that Dixie […]
[Intro] I love to be a British queen I am Victoria, you see Now where’s my British butler With my British cup of tea? Tea is not from Britain, ma’am From India it was brought Yes, for your cuppa, thousands died And many wars were fought [Chorus] British things, my British things It seems that […]
[Hook] If you don’t like my new shit you can go back to my old shit Matter fact y’all haters ain’t gotta jam none of my shit Y’all haters can eat my whole dick I don’t do this for y’all Gotta get this money, gotta get this money mayne Gotta get this money, gotta get […]
[Hook: Leon Bridges] I’ve come a long way From a very hard place It’s been a hard race But somehow I found my way home I’ve walked a long road To where only God knows But when the trumpet blows you know I did it all on my own [Post-Hook] Oh-oh-oh-oh Ohhhhhh Oh-oh-oh-oh Ohhhhhh [Verse […]
[Jain] (Black burn, I feel so alone) Without you boy Now I’m here Hanging out in the street Thinking about reactions over actions Walking on the sky of my dreams Come, come, my baby come I will show you the world Come, come, my baby come I will cover your nightmares Come, come, my baby […]