Truth: This video has been edited. The original video showed the pair taking a picture in front of a poster referencing Mr Walz’s previous role as a high school football coach. A video circulating on social media appears to show Democratic presidential candidate and current US Vice President, Kamala Harris, with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, posing for… Continue reading Fallacy: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz stand next to a communist poster
Truth: This isn’t what she really said, and the audio on the video has been altered. The real footage shows Mrs Obama actually said “successful people” not “successful gay men”. A clip of Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention is circulating on social media with manipulated audio. The video, shared on platforms such… Continue reading Fallacy: Michelle Obama calls herself a gay man
Truth: Former prime ministers no longer receive their own special pensions, but contribute to a ministerial scheme that provides them with a pension on retirement Following the recent general election, which saw former Prime Minister Liz Truss lose her seat in the House of Commons, a wave of misinformation about the pensions and financial benefits… Continue reading Fallacy: former Prime Ministers receive a £115,000 ‘pension for life’
Launching in September 2024, the major free exhibition, Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights, curated by Cindy Sissokho – recently acclaimed for her work on this year’s French pavilion at the Venice Biennale – will shed light on the often overlooked and undervalued experiences of labour, by highlighting the people whose health and rights are… Continue reading Hard Graft: a groundbreaking exhibition exploring labour, health and hidden histories
Truth: Mpox is a disease caused by the monkey virus Recently, several misleading posts on Facebook have falsely claimed that mpox, the disease caused by the monkeypox virus, is actually a side effect of the Covid-19 vaccines. This is entirely untrue. According to the NHS, mpox typically presents with blisters that may resemble chickenpox, but… Continue reading Fallacy: Mpox is a side effect of the Covid vaccines
London’s renowned inclusive club night, The Beautiful Octopus Club, is set to make its debut at the Wellcome Collection this summer in a free special one-night-only event. Hosted by the award-winning creative arts charity Heart n Soul, the event will take place on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 7 to 11 pm, promising an immersive… Continue reading London’s most inclusive club night, The Beautiful Octopus Club
Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples (17 September – 14 December 2024) In the eight years since Moulène last exhibited with the gallery, his ‘Objets’/‘Objects’ have been central to the current narratives and discourses on sculpture. Included in significant surveys, such as When Forms Come Alive: Sixty Years of Restless Sculpture (2023) at the Hayward Gallery and… Continue reading Jean-Luc Moulène – Enlightenments
Writer: Yorgos LanthimosDirector: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis FilippouCast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schafer Yorgos Lanthimos’s second film in the space of less than a year, ushers you into a labyrinth of moral quandaries and psychological minefields, further solidifying his reputation for creating films that are not just seen, but experienced on… Continue reading Kinds of Kindness: dark fables and moral quandaries in Lanthimos’ latest
In recent years, the number of people using soup kitchens has increased dramatically, a soup kitchen and charity in West London is taking a unique and pioneering approach to help those in need. Based in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, The Upper Room’s approach is unlike any other in its vicinity. Going beyond… Continue reading Soup kitchen The Upper Room is redefining charity with a multi-faceted approach
Presented by the LAS Art Foundation, THE SOUL STATION is Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s first solo presentation in Germany, shown by LAS at Halle am Berghain, Berlin, from 12 July to 13 October 2024. THE SOUL STATION features a survey of video games made by Brathwaite-Shirley over the past five years. Through game-based installations and fictional universes,… Continue reading Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: THE SOUL STATION
