Read, Watch & Listen

Our top picks of books exploring what it means to be a man in today's world - from fiction to essays and poems.

Our cinema curator Sonia Zadurian has selected 5 films of directors and writers before they got big with blockbusters - here's our 'Before the Blockbuster' watchlist...

Writer Jon Dale explores the sounds of ambient music, looking at its birth and the many artists who have contributed to it.

In this episode, we look back to January 2018 and Barry Jenkins' film 'If Beale Street Could Talk' with a passionate and powerful conversation with Oscar-winning actor, Regina King. 

What does it mean to be a man?

Photographer and filmmaker Campbell Addy talks to us about gender, growing up as a Jehovah's witness, and coming out in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

What does masculinity mean?

Creator, maker and storyteller Ivan Michael Blackstock talks to us about masculinity and embracing his feminine side in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our photography exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

What does it mean to be a man? 

Designer and stylist Harris Reed talks to us about gender and toxic masculinity in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

In the third and final episode of our series showcasing the love and obsession the series, author Ian F Martin takes us on a musical journey into the live music scene of some of Japan's pioneering experimental and noise-based artists.

In the second episode in our series showcasing the love and obsession with Japanese music, we look at the 80s with Yosuke Kitazawa from Light in the Attic Records for a journey in sound from their latest releases.

The first episode in a series showcasing the love and obsession with Japanese music, Howard Williams, aka Japan Blues digs through his crates to share some of his favourite underground music from the 1970s.

We take a look at how musicians have dealt with the subject of masculinity.

Rediscover an interview with Danish band, Efterklang where Ben Eshmade meets the band to hear more about their unexpected opera 'Leaves: The Colour of Falling', performed at the Barbican in February 2017.