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BBC News
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
High Angle Battery in Portland to host torchlit photo exhibition
A torchlit photography exhibition exploring themes of otherness, the marginal and the overlooked is set to open at a historic military High Angle Battery is the setting for the exhibition, which has been co-curated by b-side, a Dorset-based arts LGBT+ side group b-side helped set up and British-Israeli artist Gil Mualem-Doron have also helped to coordinate it and they appealed for submissions from around the exhibition, which showcases work from 21 international artists, opens on Thursday and runs until Sunday. "If you can't see people's lives you'll never know they existed but you'll also never recognise the positive contribution that difference makes to our lives," Rocca Holly-Nambi, from b-side, said. "Being seen is to know you're alive. To see yourself in artworks – and they might not be your art – reflected back at you makes you know that you matter and that you exist."The exhibits are contained within the battery's tunnels. The site was built in the 1890s to help defend Portland Harbour against was built so shells could be fired onto attacking ships below it, but advancements in ship speed meant it was obsolete after a decade. The art exhibition is the latest in a series of events held at the battery, with an opera event set to be held there next month. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Al Jazeera
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
How ICE raids echo US wars abroad, with Viet Thanh Nguyen
What does it mean to be the 'other'? Viet Thanh Nguyen, a South Vietnamese-born American writer links his personal story to US actions abroad and at home, discussing ICE raids, protests, and the war on Gaza, showing how these issues are deeply connected.
Al Jazeera
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Jazeera
The Take: How ICE raids echo US wars abroad, with Viet Thanh Nguyen
What does it mean to be the 'other'? Viet Thanh Nguyen, a South Vietnamese-born American writer links his personal story to US actions abroad and at home, discussing ICE raids, protests, and the war on Gaza, showing how these issues are deeply connected. In this episode: Episode credits: This episode was produced by Chloe K Li, Sonia Bhagat, and Haleema Shah with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Mariana Navarrete, Sari el-Khalili, Kisaa Zehra, Remas Alhawari, Marcos Bartolome, and guest host Natasha Del Toro. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. The Take production team is Marcos Bartolome, Sonia Bhagat, Sari el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K Li, Ashish Malhotra, Haleema Shah, Khaled Soltan, Amy Walters, and Noor Wazwaz. Our editorial interns are Remas Alhawari, Kingwell Ma, Mariana Navarrete, and Kisaa Zehra. Our guest host is Kevin Hirten. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads and YouTube
