Alice Black, David Toop and Malachy Tallack

Chapter 1

Introduction

Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks ahead to next week with Tom Edwards and Augustin Macellari.

Chapter 2

Alice Black

Alice Black, co-founder and director of the Alice Black gallery in London’s Soho, talks about ‘Desire and Menace: Ritual in Contemporary Performance Art’, an ongoing season of performance that aims to challenge conceptions, and fill a gap in the art world’s traditionally dry summer.

Chapter 3

David Toop

David Toop’s book, ‘Ocean of Sound’, opened up new vistas of possibility – both literary and musical – when it was first published more than 20 years ago. As it gets republished, we hear about how the musical landscape has shifted since then.

Chapter 4

Malachy Tallack

Malachy Tallack’s latest novel, ‘The Valley at the Centre of the World’, draws on his extensive experience of life on the remote Shetland Islands to paint a haunting picture of the strong bonds of small communities.