By Annie Ring
It’s a Sin is currently available to watch for free on All4.
Culture Club: Watching IT’S A SIN by Russell T. Davies
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Culture Club: Reading THE EIGHTH LIFE (FOR BRILKA) by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin
By Elhum Shakerifar
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, is published by Scribe (paperback, £9.99). Enter the code CC8TH at checkout to get 10% off the book at Burley Fisher Books, or check OverDrive to see whether you can borrow the ebook from your local library.
Culture Club: Reading MISHANDLED ARCHIVE by Tara Fatehi Irani
By Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
Mishandled Archive is a cross-disciplinary project. Learn more from Tara Fatehi Irani’s website, where you can also order the book, including special signed editions. The book is published by Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and supported by Arts Council England.
Culture Club: Reading IT TAKES BLOOD AND GUTS by Skin & Watching THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION by Radha Blank
By Jenny Chamarette
It Takes Blood and Guts by Skin (with Lucy O’Brien) is currently in hardback (£20.00, or £18.60 + shipping on Bookshop.org), in audiobook (narrated by Skin and Lucy O’Brien, prices differ by platform), and ebook (£9.99). If you have a UK library card, you can check OverDrive to see if your library has the audiobook or ebook for loan.
Culture Club: Watching THE ASSISTANT by Kitty Green
By Frances Morgan
The Assistant is available to rent or buy from a number of online platforms: Birds Eye View have handily collated them. We recommend Curzon Home Cinema (£3.99 to rent).
Best of Culture Club 2020: Our Picks
Jenny Clarke
Listening to Lizzie Borden and Jessie Rovinelli talk So Pretty, Working Girls, and Beyond
Culture Club: Listening to Courtney Barnett and Adriene
By Reba Martin
Courtney Barnett’s Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sitis available on Spotify, Youtube and Bandcamp: Friday 2 Oct is a Bandcamp Friday, when whatever you pay goes direct to artists.
Culture Club: Watching INDIANARA by Marcelo Barbosa and Aude Chevalier-Beaumel
By Hava and Maz @therightlube
Indianara is currently showing in the MUBI library (UK and US) until May 2021.
Culture Club: Watching THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Sofia Coppola
By Anahit Behrooz
The Virgin Suicides is available to rent or buy from Amazon and iTunes in the UK, and is on Kanopy in the US. Anna Backman Roger’s book Sofia Coppola: The Politics of Visual Pleasure is available in paperback (£15.95) from our friends at Burley Fisher Books, or check Overdrive to see if you can borrow the ebook from your library.
Culture Club: Reading IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado
By Dima Mikhayel Matta
In the Dream House is published by Graywolf Press in the US and Serpent’s Tail in the UK. UK readers can order it in hardback (£14.99), or pre-order the paperback (£9.99, published 1 Oct 2020) at a 10% discount, from Burley Fisher Books.
Culture Club: Watching A PLACE OF RAGE by Pratibha Parmar
By Irenosen Okojie
You can watch A Place of Rage for $9.99/£8.00 (50% off) via Vimeo on Demand here; thanks to the filmmaker and Kali Films for extending this discounted price for the foreseeable future! Closed captions are available for the film: use the [CC] button on the player to switch them on.
Culture Club: Watching BETWEEN US WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED
By Grace Barber-Plentie. Illustration by Javie Huxley.
The Between Us We Have Everything We Need short film programme was available on Vimeo, from 12pm BST on Friday 14th August 2020 to 12pm BST on Sunday 16th August 2020.