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Feature Film – We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

If you’ve been a practising Luddite for the last five years, We Steal Secrets is a relatively harmless way to catch up on one of ...

by Richard Lemmer | July 26, 2013July 26, 2013
Arts & Culture

The Three Horsemen: Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Sir Salman Rushdie at 92Y, New York

Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie were figureheads of late twentieth-century literary London – the last great era of British fiction. So what happened ...

by Luke Maxted | July 25, 2013July 26, 2013
Arts & Culture

Exhibition: The Spirit of Utopia at Whitechapel Gallery

Has utopianism become less ambitious? The artists assembled for Whitechapel Gallery’s The Spirit of Utopia favour humbler community projects over sweeping plans for a new ...

by Marianne Templeton | July 18, 2013
Arts & Culture

Feature Film: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Christo Hall on Werner Herzog’s re-imagining of the German legend of a boy raised in a cellar, The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, re-released and showing ...

by Christo Hall | July 16, 2013July 16, 2013
Arts & Culture

Podcast: Tatort, a German Pop-Culture Phenomenon

Listen to this episode using the player below or subscribe on iTunes — search “litro lab”. The Mädels With a Microphone investigate a German pop culture ...

by Jennifer Collins & Tam Eastley | June 14, 2013June 18, 2013
Arts & Culture

Feature Film: I’m So Excited!

Pedro Almodovar’s latest offering, his “most political film yet”, is a gaudy, farcical satire on modern Spain — but does it sound much cleverer than ...

by Bella Whittington | May 30, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture

Theatre Review: Staving off Shivers With The Weir at the Donmar Warehouse

How do you get an audience shivering in their seats when it’s this light outside? It’s a challenge that Josie Rourke and a superb cast ...

by Michael Reffold | May 23, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture

Review: The Great Gatsby Pop-Up bar, Harrods

Liz Cookman samples cocktails and all that jazz at a Harrods pop-up bar, and asks if the marketing machine behind the Gatsby film is obscuring ...

by Liz Cookman | May 18, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture

Feature Film: Iron Man 3

There’s a certain trepidation involved when going to see a sequel, particularly the third in a series. Will it be an Empire Strikes Back or, ...

by Paris Franz | May 16, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture

“The Charisma of Things” in Shakespeare’s Restless World: Neil MacGregor at the National

As part of The National Theatre’s ongoing Platform season of talks and events, I recently attended a fascinating talk from Neil MacGregor about his latest ...

by Ana Malinovic | May 16, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture, Litro Book Club

Little Boys With Guns: An Interview with an Ex-Gang Member

“They will pull out a knife, stab you. They will shoot you. These little boys, it’s unbelievable what kind of weapons they’ve got now.” An ...

by Patricia Duffaud | May 14, 2013July 1, 2013
Arts & Culture

The White Revolution: Sacred Cows in India

Supriya Ambwani investigates how the pervasive idea of cow veneration in India has affected the country’s milk and beef industries, and even the landscape. ...

by Supriya Ambwani | May 13, 2013May 23, 2013
Arts & Culture

“I am not what I am”: Othello at the Lion and Unicorn theatre

The Lion and Unicorn theatre is an intimate setting for the domestic turmoil of Othello; a small stage situated above a pub. Upon entering the ...

by Ana Malinovic | May 9, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture

Halbwelt Kultur: Decadence and Darkness in 1920s Germany

Halbwelt Kultur, which just completed its first run at New Wimbledon Studio as parts of the Fresh Ideas programme, hones in on an intensely tumultuous ...

by Ana Malinovic | May 2, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture, Litro TV

Spoken Word Band: Benin City

With the release of their latest single My Love, LitroTV showcases spoken word band Benin City. Continue Reading Spoken Word Band: Benin City ...

by Emma Cooper | April 29, 2013June 7, 2013
Arts & Culture

Exhibition: The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns

It was by a twist of fate that I began drafting this on April Fool’s Day, that most irritating of days on which you cannot ...

by Sandra Smiley | April 26, 2013June 4, 2013
Arts & Culture, Litro TV

Amy McCallum: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

We showcase the second winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition, Amy McCallum. Continue Reading Amy McCallum: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

by Emma Cooper | April 12, 2013June 7, 2013
Arts & Culture, Litro TV

Ben Norris: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

We showcase the first winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition, Ben Norris. Continue Reading Ben Norris: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

by Emma Cooper | April 12, 2013June 7, 2013
Arts & Culture, Litro TV

Performance Poetry: Anna Freeman

LitroTV kicks off April’s transgression theme with a performance poem from Anna Freeman Continue Reading Performance Poetry: Anna Freeman

by Emma Cooper | April 12, 2013June 7, 2013
Arts & Culture

Untold Stories: Hymn and Cocktail Sticks by Alan Bennett at the Duchess Theatre

Alan Bennett has had more mileage from his childhood and northern upbringing than most writers of his generation. Many of his countless books, radio diaries, ...

by Bea Moyes | April 11, 2013June 4, 2013

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Feature Film – We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

The Three Horsemen: Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Sir Salman Rushdie at 92Y, New York

Exhibition: The Spirit of Utopia at Whitechapel Gallery

Feature Film: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Podcast: Tatort, a German Pop-Culture Phenomenon

Feature Film: I’m So Excited!

Theatre Review: Staving off Shivers With The Weir at the Donmar Warehouse

Review: The Great Gatsby Pop-Up bar, Harrods

Feature Film: Iron Man 3

“The Charisma of Things” in Shakespeare’s Restless World: Neil MacGregor at the National

Little Boys With Guns: An Interview with an Ex-Gang Member

The White Revolution: Sacred Cows in India

“I am not what I am”: Othello at the Lion and Unicorn theatre

Halbwelt Kultur: Decadence and Darkness in 1920s Germany

Spoken Word Band: Benin City

Exhibition: The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns

Amy McCallum: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

Ben Norris: Joint winner of LitroTV’s transgression competition

Performance Poetry: Anna Freeman

Untold Stories: Hymn and Cocktail Sticks by Alan Bennett at the Duchess Theatre

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