From the Editor

* “We are an arts charity – can we take action on Palestine?”. That’s the question that Artists for Palestine UK sets out to answer in a new briefing. The advice begins by declaring, “Yes! While there are restrictions around charities’ ability to undertake work deemed ‘political activity’, this does not mean that you can’t undertake work in solidarity with Palestine.” Full statement here. 

Daniel Nelson london.globalevents@gmail.com

TALKS AND MEETINGS

* Jewish Book Week. Programme includes 8 March, Israel behind the headlines, 12.30pm; Across the Divide: Jewish & Arab Israeli Women, 2pm. King’s Place, York Way, N1 9AG until 8 March. Info: Book Week

Monday 2 March

* The profits of war, Iain Overton, Justin Schlosberg, 7pm, from £5.94, Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ. Info: Frontline

* After Nations, Rana Dasgupta and Mishal Husain discuss the future of the nation-state system, 6.15 - 7.30pm, £16.80/ £6.f0 livestream, The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, WC2H 9JA. Info: The Conduit

* HIstory, Gaza and the question of genocide, Ussama Makdish asks why when many in the West proclaim the universality of law and human rights, is Muslim and Christian Palestinian life so consistently devalued, 7pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1. Info: SOAS

* China’s heterosexual politics: between ambiguities of governance and everyday injustices, Stevi Jackson and Kailing Xie, 5 - 6.30pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1

* Climate and development finance in a fast-changing world, Mahmoud Mohieldi,  5.15 - 6.45pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1

* The environmental politics of Donald Trump: re-framing Trump’s wars through a focus on energy, Thea Riofrancos, Patrick Schröder, Sean Kenji Starrs, 4 - 5pm, online. Info: Royal Geographical Society

Tuesday 3 March

* HNPW 2026 - Housing across the HDP nexus: protection, rights and recovery, Jim Robinson, Viktoria Moskaliuk, Skylar Kogelschatz, Leilani Farha, 1.30 - 3pm, online. Info: Overseas Development Institute

* The use and abuse of UK ‘counter-terrorism’ powers, Sultana Tafadar KC, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Narzanin Massoumi, Simon Crowther, Alba Kapoor, 7 - 8.30pm, online. Info: Amnesty

* South Africa: A Beaming Hope for the Continent in the Near Dearth of Multilateralism, discussion on the emergence and strengthening of the South African voice on the global scale, 12 - 1.30pm, online. Info: King’s College

EXHIBITIONS

* Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, how post Second World War “Emergencies” , as they were termed by the UK, shaped Britain, its former territories and the modern world, free, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ until 29 March. Info: IWM

+ Exit wounds of Empire

* Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, a celebration of art and history, £14/ £16, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG until 25 May. Info: Hawai’i

*  A Greenland shadow over a wonderful Hawai’i exhibition

* Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire & Flora Indica: Recovering the lost histories of Indian botanical art, The Singh Twins examine the global mythologies of plants and the histories of Empire + Flora Indica – work by historical Indian botanical artists, admission with Kew entry fee, Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens until 12 April

+ The Singh Twins light up the links between empire and botany

+ The Singh Twins spotlight Kew’s role in the business of Empire

* Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times In An Instant), Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ cuboid on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is a memorial to trans people worldwide

* Nigerian Modernism,  Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from British colonial rule in 1960, Tate Modern, Bankside SE1 9TG until 10 May. Info: Tate

* I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies, examination of political dissent and erasure through the idea of collage, Sabrina Tirvengadum, Sunil Gupta, Qualeasha Wood, Jess Atieno,  Sheida Soleimani, free, Autograph, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA until 21 March. Info: Exhibition  

* The Land Carries, work by three international artists: Ahmed Akasha (UK), Dina Nur Satti (US) and Yasmin Elnour (Bahrain) responding to material in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, 1 - 5pm, Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT until 16 May. Info: Sudan exhibition

* Collecting and Empire, trail making connections between archaeology, anthropology and the British Empire, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1. Info: British Museum

* British Library, installation of 6,328 books marks the contributions of migrants to UK, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1. Info: Installation/ 7887 8888

* Target Queen, large-scale commission by British-Indian artist Bharti Kher, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

* Charlie Phillips - Somewhere, Somehow, work by the immigrant who became one of Britain’s greatest photographers, Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Stret W6 9BN until 9 March. Info: Riverside

+ 8 March, Meet the Artist + Windrush Presentation by Patricia Hamzee 6pm and 7- 8:30pm Charlie Phillips & Friends: Intimate Q&A, free

* Sudan: A Visual Art Narrative – Second Generation Exhibition. Almas Art Foundation, Arch 28 Old Union Yard Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR until 7 March. Info: Almas Art

* Tixinda, A Snail’s Purple, exhibition about a sea snail whose ink can be milked to produce a purple pigment known as Tyrian or Royal purple, by British-Mexican artist Melanie Smith and Patricio Villarreal Ávila, Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD, until 11 March. Info: Pellz

* Water Pantanal Fire, photography exhibition revealing the fragile beauty of the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland that sprawls across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, free, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2DD until 31 May. Info: Museum

* To Survive To Witness, works by Gaza-based Palestinian artist Marwan Nassar created during the 2023-25 war in Gaza, P21, 21-27 Chalton Street, NW1 1JD until 13 March. Info: P21

* Bouchra Khalili: Circles and Storytellers, the culmination of the French-Moroccan artist and educator’s exploration of the Mouvement des Travailleurs Arabes and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Al Halaka, free, Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW, until 14 June. Info: Mosaic 

* Beatriz González, the groundbreaking Colombian artist explores the power and impact of the images we encounter every day, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS until 10 May. Info: Barbican  

from Thursday 5 March

* Moved to Care: Stories of Health and Migration, explores the contributions of migrants from across the globe to healthcare over the last 150 years, from the 19th century colonial legacy of missionary nurses to the Windrush Generation, free, 20 Cavendish Square, W1G OR until 2 November. Info; Royal College of  Nursing

ARTS OPPORTUNITIES

* Wanted: poems and short prose on the tragedy of refugee deaths in the Channel.

* The UK's biggest playwriting award is back, with productions, commissions and cash awards to be won. Open for entries until 5pm, 16 March. Details here.

* the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature invites submissions for its next issue, “other tongue, mother tongue.” It seeks poetry by migrants in any language except English. Guidelines.

* The Young Playwrights Award is a free, open-access competition for any teenager in the UK interested in writing a play. Entries are open until 22 April.

* The Royal Court Theatre’s Writers’ Card aims to help playwrights through mentoring, networking, funding opportunities, events, subsidised meals and free script printing.

* P21 Gallery & Az Theatre invite submissions for an upcoming exhibition and activities programme on artistic responses to genocide: all media, any genocide.

* The Climate Migration Collaborative seeks contributors to its Climate Migration Storytelling initiative.

* Comedian Munya Chawawa has launched Black Boys Theatre Club “to give young men access to a world of theatre”.

* Women writers, directors, performers, musicians and visual artists are invited to submit projects for the Playground Theatre’s planned Women’s Voices: A Celebration

* The BFI is to invest £150m over the next three years under six headings: audiences, education & heritage, filmmaking & talent development, skills & workforce development, international, and insight & industry.

* New Diorama Theatre is distributing grants of £500 to migrant theatre makers to ease the burden of visa, legal, and other bureaucratic costs affecting migrants navigating UK immigration.  

* Good Chance, formed in the Calais Jungle refugee camp, is launching Stage Door 10 - a national programme placing 10 creatives from refugee backgrounds in paid roles across 10 UK theatres and arts organisations.

* Theatro Technis and Hyphen Artist Collective’s offer free in-person & online writing sessions + community chats for hyphenated & global majority creatives.

* Applications for the next round of Artist Surgeries at the Gate Theatre will open on 9 March.

* As Yet Unscene, year-round initiative to find and develop scripts in early stages of development. it includes workshops, rehearsed readings and fully-rehearsed performances of longer extracts. Details here

* The Cockpit Theatre offers classes, workshops, readings, advice sessions, support & performance opportunities.

* Papatango hopes its new Playwrights’ Studio will be a home for playwrights of all levels of experience. Its advantages include digital workshops, lone-to-one, and thousands of pounds in open-access funding.

* If you are a refugee, immigrant or asylum-seeking writer interested in exploring your own poetry and prose, Exiled Writers Ink offers classes.