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Unlearning Lockdown’s Lessons

July 27, 2022 annacoatmanLeave a comment

The Covid lockdowns drew new attention to the extent of the deprivation that scars Britain. But two years on, little has changed – and for millions of people, the cost of living crisis is making things even worse. I wrote about Stu Hennigan’s Ghost Signs: Poverty and the Pandemic for Tribune.

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Angry young woman: the rise of Shelagh Delaney

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 annacoatman

The rise of Shelagh Delaney. I wrote a cover essay about the playwright for the November 2019 issue of the TLS.

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“If we can go to Mars, we can send more kids to art school”: an interview with Sonia Boyce

August 12, 2017February 10, 2021 annacoatman

I interviewed artist and educator Sonia Boyce about art, life and lessons learnt for the Royal Academy’s ‘As I see it’ series. She talked about tuition fees, a love of Liberty and why we should all be prepared to dream of something different.

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Review of Poor Cow

September 3, 2016February 10, 2021 annacoatman

Adapted from the novel by Nell Dunn, Loach’s 1967 debut feature film feels as fresh, urgent, sad and hopeful as ever. I reviewed it for the August 2016 issue of Sight & Sound. 

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IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY: an exhibition by Elizabeth Price

July 8, 2016February 10, 2021 annacoatman

I reviewed the Elizabeth Price-curated show, IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND WERE FULL OF JOY, for frieze. The review is published online at frieze.com and in the September/October/November 2016 print issue.

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Love on the Dole

February 24, 2016February 9, 2021 annacoatman

Set in a northern industrial town in the Great Depression, the 1941 film Love on the Dole is about economic hardship, the withdrawal of benefits, and the struggle for better conditions for the working classes. Continue reading “Love on the Dole” →

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