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As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

As Isabella Hammad writes in Recognising the Stranger:

"To remain human at this juncture is to remain in agony. Let us remain there: it is the more honest place from which to speak."

We're helping to organise another solidarity walk to raise money for families in Gaza.

The walk follows the outline of Gaza, transposed onto the towns and countryside of Northumberland, just north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is the third such effort we have organised, following similar walks in the Scottish Borders in October 2024 and Edinburgh in May 2025.

With the UN confirming deliberate famine in addition to relentless military assaults, the situation for families on the ground is now even more unthinkable.

It is time to walk again.

In placing one map on top of the other, the first thing you notice is how tiny Gaza is. 25 miles of coastline; a population of over 2 million people; bombed for two years, with barely a pause for breath, and no possibility to hide or escape.

The walk is approximately 64 miles / 103 km long and will take place over 4 days.

Once again, our aim is to raise money to send directly to families in Gaza to help them survive the ongoing genocide.

This time, we are also working with the NewBridge Project, an artist-led cultural organisation in Newcastle, who are providing transport on the Saturday for people wishing to join the walk.

70% of funds raised will go to the Matar family: Suhail, Hanan, Muhammad, Deeb, Ali, Suhaila, Israa, Doaa, Zeina, Sila and Muhammad. Displaced from north Gaza at the beginning of the current genocide, they have repeatedly been forced to relocate over the ensuing months. Suhail was recently attacked at one of the US-run “aid distribution” centres and the medicine he now requires is expensive.

30% of funds raised will go to In Solidarity Edinburgh, a volunteer-run grassroots collective providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza.

Provisional itinerary

Fri-Mon, 10 – 13 October 2025

Fri: Morpeth to Stamfordham (18 miles)

Sat: Stamfordham to Ponteland (13 miles)

Sun: Ponteland to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (18 miles)

Mon: Newbiggin-by-the-Sea to Morpeth (15 miles)

Some news.

Documents of Contemporary Art: Walking

Edited by Tom Jeffreys (that's me!)

As a few people already know, I've been working on this for the past couple of years. It went to print this week and I could not be more delighted with the incredible artists and writers that the book will include.

Lots of people are thanked in the acknowledgements but for now an extra massive thank you to the team who have worked so hard to put this together: Justine Hucker, Anthony Iles and Sophie Kullmann.

More info, launch events etc coming soon.

Documents of Contemporary Art: Walking

Whitechapel Gallery and the MIT Press
Publication: March 2024

UK ISBN: ISBN 978-0-85488-316-5

USA ISBN: ISBN 978-0-262-54758-1
£20/$29.95

Cover: Jade Montserrat and Webb-Ellis, Peat (2015) film still. Courtesy of the artists.

Some news.

Documents of Contemporary Art: Walking

Edited by Tom Jeffreys (that's me!)

As a few people already know, I've been working on this for the past couple of years. It went to print this week and I could not be more delighted with the incredible artists and writers that the book will include.

Lots of people are thanked in the acknowledgements but for now an extra massive thank you to the team who have worked so hard to put this together: Justine Hucker, Anthony Iles and Sophie Kullmann.

More info, launch events etc coming soon.

Documents of Contemporary Art: Walking

Whitechapel Gallery and the MIT Press
Publication: March 2024

UK ISBN: ISBN 978-0-85488-316-5

USA ISBN: ISBN 978-0-262-54758-1
£20/$29.95

Cover: Jade Montserrat and Webb-Ellis, Peat (2015) film still. Courtesy of the artists.

Oh hello there, look what’s landed, all yellow and yum. *To an island in a loch on an island in a loch* is here!

A new collaborative artist book between @kirstybadenoch and @tom__jeffreys
It’s designed as a kind of landscape, exploring interplays between drawing and writing, and unfolding overlaps between the multispecies voices of the forest. Borrowing its form from the dimensions of an OS map, a mythological tale leads through ancient undergrowth, and strange drawings emerge from the understorey.

We’ll be launching the book at our exhibition opening this Thursday @staffordshirest or you can preorder through my bio link and we’ll pop one in the post. Limited first edition run of 150 copies, hand bound in pink (yes that’s right, pink) thread

#forestbook #oldgrowthforest #landscapebook #forestbooks

Oh hello there, look what’s landed, all yellow and yum. *To an island in a loch on an island in a loch* is here!

A new collaborative artist book between @kirstybadenoch and @tom__jeffreys
It’s designed as a kind of landscape, exploring interplays between drawing and writing, and unfolding overlaps between the multispecies voices of the forest. Borrowing its form from the dimensions of an OS map, a mythological tale leads through ancient undergrowth, and strange drawings emerge from the understorey.

We’ll be launching the book at our exhibition opening this Thursday @staffordshirest or you can preorder through my bio link and we’ll pop one in the post. Limited first edition run of 150 copies, hand bound in pink (yes that’s right, pink) thread

#forestbook #oldgrowthforest #landscapebook #forestbooks

Oh hello there, look what’s landed, all yellow and yum. *To an island in a loch on an island in a loch* is here!

A new collaborative artist book between @kirstybadenoch and @tom__jeffreys
It’s designed as a kind of landscape, exploring interplays between drawing and writing, and unfolding overlaps between the multispecies voices of the forest. Borrowing its form from the dimensions of an OS map, a mythological tale leads through ancient undergrowth, and strange drawings emerge from the understorey.

We’ll be launching the book at our exhibition opening this Thursday @staffordshirest or you can preorder through my bio link and we’ll pop one in the post. Limited first edition run of 150 copies, hand bound in pink (yes that’s right, pink) thread

#forestbook #oldgrowthforest #landscapebook #forestbooks

Oh hello there, look what’s landed, all yellow and yum. *To an island in a loch on an island in a loch* is here!

A new collaborative artist book between @kirstybadenoch and @tom__jeffreys
It’s designed as a kind of landscape, exploring interplays between drawing and writing, and unfolding overlaps between the multispecies voices of the forest. Borrowing its form from the dimensions of an OS map, a mythological tale leads through ancient undergrowth, and strange drawings emerge from the understorey.

We’ll be launching the book at our exhibition opening this Thursday @staffordshirest or you can preorder through my bio link and we’ll pop one in the post. Limited first edition run of 150 copies, hand bound in pink (yes that’s right, pink) thread

#forestbook #oldgrowthforest #landscapebook #forestbooks

Oh hello there, look what’s landed, all yellow and yum. *To an island in a loch on an island in a loch* is here!

A new collaborative artist book between @kirstybadenoch and @tom__jeffreys
It’s designed as a kind of landscape, exploring interplays between drawing and writing, and unfolding overlaps between the multispecies voices of the forest. Borrowing its form from the dimensions of an OS map, a mythological tale leads through ancient undergrowth, and strange drawings emerge from the understorey.

We’ll be launching the book at our exhibition opening this Thursday @staffordshirest or you can preorder through my bio link and we’ll pop one in the post. Limited first edition run of 150 copies, hand bound in pink (yes that’s right, pink) thread

#forestbook #oldgrowthforest #landscapebook #forestbooks

Heading away for a few months and pretty sure I won't have instagram access.

I won't be checking DMs here so if you want me, it's gonna have to be email, like in the past.

xoxo

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photo: @maianhvupeterson

According to the 2021 banger by Bashar Murad, where does the intifada take place?

[Clue: it's the same place in which a murder is witnessed by none other than Sophie Ellis Bextor.]

Last night we held a little pub quiz at the brilliant Otherworld Bar & Kitchen on Leith Walk and raised over £1,000 for In Solidarity Edinburgh to distribute to families in Gaza.

Thank you to all the amazing contributions from a whole bunch of different people organising, spreading the word, getting people along, providing prizes, running the raffle, donating etc etc.

If you want to organise your own quiz, I'm happy to send you my questions!

Between October 2024 and October 2025, I've been part of a small group organising three solidarity walks to raise money for families in Gaza.

Each walk has followed the outline of Gaza transposed onto a different location: along the River Tweed in October 2024; Edinburgh in May 2025; and north Northumberland in October 2025.

Emily Cropton, Tiki Muir and I have now put together a little zine to encourage people to organise your own solidarity and fundraising walks.

You can download it as a digital version or as a print-ready version (choose booklet printing). Link in bio!

“The idea that walking away is childish and unproductive is predicated on the inability to imagine anything but a walking away from, never a walking away toward – never that there might exist another destination.”

~ Omar El Akkad, One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (2025)

Between October 2024 and October 2025, I've been part of a small group organising three solidarity walks to raise money for families in Gaza.

Each walk has followed the outline of Gaza transposed onto a different location: along the River Tweed in October 2024; Edinburgh in May 2025; and north Northumberland in October 2025.

Emily Cropton, Tiki Muir and I have now put together a little zine to encourage people to organise your own solidarity and fundraising walks.

You can download it as a digital version or as a print-ready version (choose booklet printing). Link in bio!

“The idea that walking away is childish and unproductive is predicated on the inability to imagine anything but a walking away from, never a walking away toward – never that there might exist another destination.”

~ Omar El Akkad, One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (2025)

Between October 2024 and October 2025, I've been part of a small group organising three solidarity walks to raise money for families in Gaza.

Each walk has followed the outline of Gaza transposed onto a different location: along the River Tweed in October 2024; Edinburgh in May 2025; and north Northumberland in October 2025.

Emily Cropton, Tiki Muir and I have now put together a little zine to encourage people to organise your own solidarity and fundraising walks.

You can download it as a digital version or as a print-ready version (choose booklet printing). Link in bio!

“The idea that walking away is childish and unproductive is predicated on the inability to imagine anything but a walking away from, never a walking away toward – never that there might exist another destination.”

~ Omar El Akkad, One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (2025)

Between October 2024 and October 2025, I've been part of a small group organising three solidarity walks to raise money for families in Gaza.

Each walk has followed the outline of Gaza transposed onto a different location: along the River Tweed in October 2024; Edinburgh in May 2025; and north Northumberland in October 2025.

Emily Cropton, Tiki Muir and I have now put together a little zine to encourage people to organise your own solidarity and fundraising walks.

You can download it as a digital version or as a print-ready version (choose booklet printing). Link in bio!

“The idea that walking away is childish and unproductive is predicated on the inability to imagine anything but a walking away from, never a walking away toward – never that there might exist another destination.”

~ Omar El Akkad, One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (2025)

Between October 2024 and October 2025, I've been part of a small group organising three solidarity walks to raise money for families in Gaza.

Each walk has followed the outline of Gaza transposed onto a different location: along the River Tweed in October 2024; Edinburgh in May 2025; and north Northumberland in October 2025.

Emily Cropton, Tiki Muir and I have now put together a little zine to encourage people to organise your own solidarity and fundraising walks.

You can download it as a digital version or as a print-ready version (choose booklet printing). Link in bio!

“The idea that walking away is childish and unproductive is predicated on the inability to imagine anything but a walking away from, never a walking away toward – never that there might exist another destination.”

~ Omar El Akkad, One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This (2025)

This Thursday! It's pub quiz time.

On 2nd April we'll be at the brilliant new craft ale bar, Otherworld Bar & Kitchen, 17 Albert Place, EH7 5HN.

Gather your pals, come test your knowledge, and win prizes! All ticket sales going to In Solidarity Edinburgh.

I'm writing the last few questions right now. Rounds include:

- Palestinian poetry, art and writing
- Palestinian food
- music
- sport & politics

The quiz is being organised by pals from Marchmont cricket club, so you can expect the sports round to major on cricket!

Prizes to be announced on the night.

How to book
Please book one ticket per person. Your team can be as large or small as you wish. Tickets are on a sliding scale, with a suggested minimum of £20. This is a fundraising event so please be generous if you can. See link in bio to book!

About In Solidarity
In Solidarity is a grassroots, volunteer-run collective based in Edinburgh. They are dedicated to providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza who are in urgent need of support.

Why Mutual Aid?
In Solidarity chooses to operate as a mutual aid fund. Mutual aid is a practice of radical solidarity that creates networks of care, generosity and love to meet the immediate needs of communities. In Solidarity’s efforts are for Palestinian families and individuals in need of urgent support. They work directly with people in Gaza as well as with those who have been forced to evacuate Palestine to other countries.

It's pub quiz time!

Please note that due to an issue with the original venue, we have changed the date and the location.

We're now at the brand new Otherworld on Albert Place / Leith Walk, which is way better anyway!

Gather your pals, come test your knowledge, and win prizes at Otherworld Bar & Kitchen - all ticket sales going to In Solidarity Edinburgh.

On the first Thursday of April, head to Otherworld Bar & Kitchen, one of the Edinburgh's newest craft ale bars, for a fun and stimulating pub quiz, with all ticket sales going to families in Gaza via In Solidarity Edinburgh.

Expect to test your knowledge across a range of rounds, including:

- Palestinian poetry, art and writing
- Palestinian food cultures
- music
- sport & politics

The quiz is being organised by pals from Marchmont cricket club, so you can expect the sports round to major on cricket!

Prizes to be announced on the night.

How to book
Please book one ticket per person. Your team can be as large or small as you wish. Tickets are on a sliding scale, with a suggested minimum of £20. This is a fundraising event so please be generous if you can. See link in bio to book!

About In Solidarity
In Solidarity is a grassroots, volunteer-run collective based in Edinburgh. They are dedicated to providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza who are in urgent need of support.

Why Mutual Aid?
In Solidarity chooses to operate as a mutual aid fund. Mutual aid is a practice of radical solidarity that creates networks of care, generosity and love to meet the immediate needs of communities. In Solidarity’s efforts are for Palestinian families and individuals in need of urgent support. They work directly with people in Gaza as well as with those who have been forced to evacuate Palestine to other countries.

It's pub quiz time!

Please note that due to an issue with the original venue, we have changed the date and the location.

We're now at the brand new Otherworld on Albert Place / Leith Walk, which is way better anyway!

Gather your pals, come test your knowledge, and win prizes at Otherworld Bar & Kitchen - all ticket sales going to In Solidarity Edinburgh.

On the first Thursday of April, head to Otherworld Bar & Kitchen, one of the Edinburgh's newest craft ale bars, for a fun and stimulating pub quiz, with all ticket sales going to families in Gaza via In Solidarity Edinburgh.

Expect to test your knowledge across a range of rounds, including:

- Palestinian poetry, art and writing
- Palestinian food cultures
- music
- sport & politics

The quiz is being organised by pals from Marchmont cricket club, so you can expect the sports round to major on cricket!

Prizes to be announced on the night.

How to book
Please book one ticket per person. Your team can be as large or small as you wish. Tickets are on a sliding scale, with a suggested minimum of £20. This is a fundraising event so please be generous if you can. See link in bio to book!

About In Solidarity
In Solidarity is a grassroots, volunteer-run collective based in Edinburgh. They are dedicated to providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza who are in urgent need of support.

Why Mutual Aid?
In Solidarity chooses to operate as a mutual aid fund. Mutual aid is a practice of radical solidarity that creates networks of care, generosity and love to meet the immediate needs of communities. In Solidarity’s efforts are for Palestinian families and individuals in need of urgent support. They work directly with people in Gaza as well as with those who have been forced to evacuate Palestine to other countries.

It's pub quiz time!

Please note that due to an issue with the original venue, we have changed the date and the location.

We're now at the brand new Otherworld on Albert Place / Leith Walk, which is way better anyway!

Gather your pals, come test your knowledge, and win prizes at Otherworld Bar & Kitchen - all ticket sales going to In Solidarity Edinburgh.

On the first Thursday of April, head to Otherworld Bar & Kitchen, one of the Edinburgh's newest craft ale bars, for a fun and stimulating pub quiz, with all ticket sales going to families in Gaza via In Solidarity Edinburgh.

Expect to test your knowledge across a range of rounds, including:

- Palestinian poetry, art and writing
- Palestinian food cultures
- music
- sport & politics

The quiz is being organised by pals from Marchmont cricket club, so you can expect the sports round to major on cricket!

Prizes to be announced on the night.

How to book
Please book one ticket per person. Your team can be as large or small as you wish. Tickets are on a sliding scale, with a suggested minimum of £20. This is a fundraising event so please be generous if you can. See link in bio to book!

About In Solidarity
In Solidarity is a grassroots, volunteer-run collective based in Edinburgh. They are dedicated to providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza who are in urgent need of support.

Why Mutual Aid?
In Solidarity chooses to operate as a mutual aid fund. Mutual aid is a practice of radical solidarity that creates networks of care, generosity and love to meet the immediate needs of communities. In Solidarity’s efforts are for Palestinian families and individuals in need of urgent support. They work directly with people in Gaza as well as with those who have been forced to evacuate Palestine to other countries.

It's pub quiz time!

Please note that due to an issue with the original venue, we have changed the date and the location.

We're now at the brand new Otherworld on Albert Place / Leith Walk, which is way better anyway!

Gather your pals, come test your knowledge, and win prizes at Otherworld Bar & Kitchen - all ticket sales going to In Solidarity Edinburgh.

On the first Thursday of April, head to Otherworld Bar & Kitchen, one of the Edinburgh's newest craft ale bars, for a fun and stimulating pub quiz, with all ticket sales going to families in Gaza via In Solidarity Edinburgh.

Expect to test your knowledge across a range of rounds, including:

- Palestinian poetry, art and writing
- Palestinian food cultures
- music
- sport & politics

The quiz is being organised by pals from Marchmont cricket club, so you can expect the sports round to major on cricket!

Prizes to be announced on the night.

How to book
Please book one ticket per person. Your team can be as large or small as you wish. Tickets are on a sliding scale, with a suggested minimum of £20. This is a fundraising event so please be generous if you can. See link in bio to book!

About In Solidarity
In Solidarity is a grassroots, volunteer-run collective based in Edinburgh. They are dedicated to providing mutual aid to Palestinian families in Gaza who are in urgent need of support.

Why Mutual Aid?
In Solidarity chooses to operate as a mutual aid fund. Mutual aid is a practice of radical solidarity that creates networks of care, generosity and love to meet the immediate needs of communities. In Solidarity’s efforts are for Palestinian families and individuals in need of urgent support. They work directly with people in Gaza as well as with those who have been forced to evacuate Palestine to other countries.

"In its combination of tenderness and juddering abrasion, Rehana Zaman’s Soft Fruit suggests the need not only for critique of the conditions under which agricultural labour takes place today, but also for a desire to imagine, perhaps, blurry alternative futures of collective living and growing."

Some fast, loose thoughts in response to Rehana Zaman's new film, Soft Fruit, which had its film festival premiere last night as part of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival.

"Silvia Federici has written of the 'sacrifice zones' of global capitalism. Soft Fruit touches tenderly upon sacrifice bodies – those people deemed expendable under a system of relentless extraction, who are subjected to hate and violence by resurgent techno-nationalisms."

Head to The Penitent Review for the full thing.

Soft Fruit is also included in Zaman's solo exhibition, Plantation, at Site Gallery Sheffield until 17 May.

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"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

"Drawing is a spiritual practice."

Another review from Nottingham - this time a bit looser, more thinking-out-loud for The Penitent Review in response to Shahana Rajani's beautiful, multilayered exhibition, Lines That World a River.

Thinking through sand divination, (non)extractive art practices, ephemerality in the face of colonially-induced climate crisis, and drawing as both normative/controlling and creative/liberatory.

As Jacques Derrida wrote in Memoirs of the Blind: “The experience or experimenting of drawing (and experimenting, as its name indicates, always consists in journeying beyond limits) at once crosses and institutes these borders…”

Or, as Rajani puts it: "The drawing of each line becomes an invitation – to know, to love, to protect, to remember."

Shahana Rajani, Lines that World a River is at Nottingham Contemporary until 10 May 2026.

Link in bio for the full thing.

xoxo

#thepenitentreview
#sorrynotsorry

Dala Nasser’s first solo show at a major UK institution is in part a response to a question she asks me at the opening: ‘How do you produce art when your whole history is being pulled apart?’

In development since November 2023, during the current genocide in Gaza and the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, ‘Cemetery of Martyrs’ is imbued with loss and grief, but also with love and defiance.

Full review over on Frieze.

Alongside many, many others across the world, I also stand in solidarity with the signatories of @angalliance demands and support their call to exclude the entity from the Venice Biennale.

The widening war we are witnessing did not appear overnight. It grows from years of normalising the entity’s g3n0C1d3 in g4za and its 78-year occupation of p4l3st1Ne.

Culture must not provide cover for g3n0C1d3 and the brutal imperial aggression being unleashed on 1r4n and l3b4n0n.

No g3n0C1d3 pavilion.
No artwashing in our name.

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