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2025
Poetry in Prison
Darren, who recently joined our arts mentoring scheme, shared his thoughts about the importance of poetry in prisons to celebrate our crowdfunder for our upcoming poetry anthology, Koestler Voices: New Poetry from Prisons, Volume 5.
2025
Interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin is a British-Iranian activist who was detained in Iran in April 2016 and was held hostage there for 6 years. She was released and returned back to the UK in March 2022. She now lives in London with her daughter and husband, and is currently writing her book, A Yard of Sky.
2025
A retrospective: Voices from Prison
Dalton, one of the performers at our Voices from Prison event in March, where six people with varied experiences of the criminal justice system performed poetry and music, shared his reflections on the evening.
2025
Journey to creativity
Each winter, as the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, the Koestler Arts team embarks on a unique kind of road trip - spanning the length and breadth of the country, visiting creatives in prisons and secure settings.
2021
Soul Journey to Truth: Meet the Curator
In the lead up to the opening of our new exhibition Soul Journey to Truth, Bren O’Callaghan from Manchester’s HOME sat down to chat with exhibition curator Brenda Birungi AKA Lady Unchained.
2019
The Spirit of Jazz
We are still elated after the EFG London Jazz Festival concert at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs last week.
2019
Computer Generated Music
A party vibe descended on Koestler House this week, as Computer Generated Music judges, Hot Chip, played the music entries through our mini boom box speakers.