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By Diva HarrisJuly 7, 2026

‘Move Your Body (Greater Horseshoe Bat)’ by Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman. Inspired by the melodic, bubbly warbles of the Greater horseshoe bat as heard through a heterodyne bat detector, ‘Move Your Body’ samples this bat’s distinctive echolocation, transforming it into a minimal sampladelic groove. Built from bat-derived beats and melodic fragments, processed harmonies, and […]

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A once-in-a-while reminder of our paid subscriber offering, which is crucial to continued running of the site. We know lots of media companies — and not just the small, independent ones — are vying for your coin at the moment, and the last thing we want is to be another gnat in your ear. But, […]

Diva HarrisJul 9, 2026

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A Little Film About Little Libraries

Thank you to Mike Gavin for recently getting in touch to share a lovely short film about Little Libraries in south east London. Made by Beowulf “Wulfie” Mayfield for the 2026 Brockley Max festival, A Little Film About Little Libraries follows reluctantly retired musician Billy Jenkins on a bike trip around the borough of Lewisham, […]

Diva HarrisJul 9, 2026

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Book of the Month: July

July’s Book of the Month is Jenny Chamarette’s ‘Q is for Garden: Tending the histories of queer cultivation’ — a bold, tender exploration of how queerness and nature entwine, and what happens when we step beyond the binaries that fence us in. Read an extract below. love in the mist (on wildflower meadows, queer kinship […]

Diva HarrisJul 8, 2026

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Everywhere You Go: Photography, Petrol and Pests at OmVed Gardens

Contributing editor Tallulah Brennan heads to North London’s OmVed Gardens to take in Hannah Fletcher’s ‘Photo.Petro.Chemical.Capital’, exploring the entwined rise of photography and the petrochemical industry. I arrive at OmVed Gardens in the pouring rain. It is June, and so the wildflowers are out, today slain by the downpour, poppies lying low on the ground. […]

Diva HarrisJul 5, 2026

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A poem by Will Burns. We passed through the flattest country— the very middle, most inland of it all. We went practically nowhere at previously impossible speeds. It was orchid season in the acid grassland of home and we’d been given departure times too. Old material was being re-purposed, but we couldn’t recall how […]

Will BurnsJul 4, 2026

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alive, alive oh

Claire Todd introduces her new audiovisual piece about standing deadwood. alive, alive oh is an observational piece which challenges our concept of idyll by reflecting on some of the overlooked Edens found within our landscapes. The primary elements explore the form and purpose of standing deadwood, which often appear human in their shape and structure, […]

Diva HarrisJul 3, 2026

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