by Thaj Rathore | Jun 5, 2022 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
2022 marks Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee – an astonishing 70 years on the throne. No other monarch of the United Kingdom has passed this milestone, either in the past, or likely to in the foreseeable future, and is the second longest-serving monarch in the...
by Thaj Rathore | Aug 17, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
Let’s talk about the commitment of white-led organisations to antiracist work. What does it take for white-led organisations to succeed? And what is the value they really place on it? These have all been very pertinent questions for me recently. Tribe was inundated...
by Samran Rathore | Jun 4, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
This week I binged on all 6 episodes of ‘We are Lady Parts’ with my wife, if you haven’t checked it out and intend to do so, *Spoiler Alert* maaaaybe come back to this post when you’ve done so! But if you’re not so precious, let’s go….As a British Muslim who’s often...
by Thaj Rathore | May 30, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
Since the advent of storytelling and performance, actors have been able to play any tangible or intangible role. It is not unknown for actors to represent people, animals, objects and even emotions. This lack of boundary and boundless imagination is what makes stories...
by Samran Rathore | May 21, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
Palestine! A word that conjures up all kind of emotions for many of us and a word we’ve been hearing incessantly on the news in the last few weeks, the triggering images and footage of war, death and destruction. Palestine, a word that many of us heard ring out in the...
by Thaj Rathore | May 14, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The UK government is recommending caution as we begin to come out of the national lockdown. Even though there is talk of the easing plans for 21st June being affected due to the variant from India, 17th May is...