by Samran Rathore | May 7, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
As Mental Health Awareness Week approaches here in the UK (10th-16th May), I wanted to take the time to share something I wrote a while back looking back at my own personal struggle. Speaking from the perspective of a young, 3rd generation British Asian kid, I was...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
This blog was originally published on 30th April, but has been removed with the following statement: Since publishing the blog piece about the industry reaction to allegations of sexual misconduct surrounding Noel Clarke, it has become clear that there is a very real...
by Samran Rathore | Apr 27, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
April has been a mad one! We somewhat came out of lockdown here in the UK and as we tried to acclimatise to our new freedom, 20th April made us question what freedom truly means? I’m talking, of course, about the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old black teenager,...
by Samran Rathore | Feb 22, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
In the Summer of 2018 I attended a theatre piece called ‘What If I Told You’ written and performed by a fellow artist Pauline Mayers, a trained dancer, writer and performer, talking about the anatomy of the black female body, pain and the lack of empathy or outright...
by Thaj Rathore | Mar 18, 2018 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
Last week, Tribe attended a conference event featuring eminent former Black Panther member, Kathleen Cleaver, organised by the Black Studies department of Birmingham City University. Right from the outset, I can tell you these events are severely few and far between...
by Thaj Rathore | Nov 28, 2017 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
The oft-used terms of “working twice as hard” and “struggle” are ubiquitous within the industry and because of this can seep into becoming a stereotype, old, used and dashed-about, a tiresome and frustratingly familiar excuse that becomes to inform and describe the...
