Sanjit Chudha

Go Where People Are

The Box Plymouth - Photograph by David Fleming

Museums are changing. Whilst collections cannot be made mobile easily, museums are on the move in a way which goes beyond buildings and collections. Find out how, and why.

The present is hard to love. That’s why we’re encouraged to imagine that things were better in the past. These are common tropes across cultures and across the world. It’s why so many politicians lean into nostalgia, it’s easier than dealing with today’s messy realities. A sentimental longing for a better past has social traction,Continue reading “Nostalgia”

Palimpsest

Explore the long history of food through a focus on the orange. Oranges today grow world wide. Yet their origins are less well known. The journey the fruit has made carries an imprint of culture, language and more. What does that history tell us?

The Lost Paintings

Under the Oak Tree, by Iman Jabrah, is a sculpture made of an oiled black tow chain into which honey locust thorns have been embedded to create a hanging installation that looks a like a wind chime. It is embedded in soil. The inspiration for the sculpture came from burial mounds and wind chimes which the artist saw in China, where death renders people anonymous.

We live in an age of artificially forced choices. I have always held the view that cosmopolitanism is not antithetical to patriotism. Is this controversial? I don’t think so.

Natacha Atlas’s Parallel Universe

Parallel Universe, Vol 1 is the kind of album Massive Attack might have wished to make with Atlas and Bishai, except that Atlas and Bishai got there first. There are layers and depths to dive into here.

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Ton of Tea’: A Cultural Reflection

A cultural exploration of the meaning and function of art in museums today.

Easy Steps to Make Autumn Fruit Compote with Eggy Bread

An early autumn morning inspires a recipe using fruit and pantry staples.

The History and Recipe of Kedgeree

Kedgeree is a variant of an Indian dish, Khichdi, which has been developed to suit British tastes and is influenced by geography, social change, and the tides of history.

Fair Play

The crux of the Post Office scandal lies in the concept of fair play. Our sense of fair play has been affronted. We expect steps to right these wrongs.

The Pink Podcast

The Pink Podcast features leading figures from theatre, arts, and culture discussing impactful issues. In the opening episode, Sofi Berenger and Sanjit Chudha chat about the value of the arts, why communities and audiences matter, and how co-creation is the future.