Read, Watch & Listen

For March, Laurie Ogden shares her poem, ‘Hunger Strike’, inspired by the treatment of women detained at Yarl’s Wood.

Activist, author and musician CN Lester reflects on the language we use to understand trans lives.

Discover music from across the Contemporary Classical spectrum – from Emily Howard and Joby Talbot to Minimalist Dream House and Max Richter.

Complementing our 'Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins' exhibition, listen to the first episode in our series exploring the photographers and their subjects. 

Music journalist Arwa Haider looks back through John Cale’s six-decade career, ahead of John Cale (2018-1964): A Futurespective. 

We look back at our March 2018 Instagrammer, Philippa Thomas to explore her Barbican shots.

Helen Plumb’s film, A Prickly Subject, follows the account of a woman who is grappling with the decision of whether or not she should embrace her body hair in public – a prickly subject indeed…

Revisit our 2018 exhibition, Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins, in this online exhibition tour. 

Moroccan artist Yto Barrada talks to curator Lotte Johnson about her new exhibition, 'Agadir', and how she uses collages, installations and performances to create a portrait of a city and its people in a state of transition.

We look back at our February 2018 Instagrammer, Abigail Holsborough to explore her Barbican shots.

British fashion brand Warehouse has designed a range of women’s clothing inspired by the Barbican. In this special photoshoot, Barbican staff and a Barbican Young Poet model some of the collection and tell us what their favourite space within the Centre is…

For February, Jeremiah ‘Sugar J.’ Brown shares his poem, ‘I’m Rooting For Everybody Black’, inspired by one of Tobi Kyeremateng’s tweets, ‘I’m rooting for everybody black’.