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We look closer at some of the stories behind the photographers and their subjects of 'Another Kind of Life' in our podcast series.

This month, Bertil Nilsson presents ‘Finding your voice’, an artistic documentary featuring three of our Barbican Young Creatives as they share how the arts have helped them define their creativity and use their voice.

Ahead of his 2019 concerts, we invite our Milton Court Artist-in-Residence to share some of his favourite tracks in our latest Guest Picks.

Irish rock band Microdisney perform their song 'Dolly' in the Barbican Exhibition Halls.

Simon McBurney and Marcus du Sautoy discuss the role of consciousness in 'The Encounter', a theatrical retelling of the incredible true story of National Geographic photographer, Loren McIntyre and his journey into in a remote area of Brazil in 1969

We asked our Creative Citizens to talk about the work that led them to the programme and what they hope to get out of it

We look back at our April 2018 Instagrammer, Eliot Nash to explore his Barbican shots.

Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer recounts his first steps into the world of photography, and shares the story of how 'Carlo Joh', his series of photographs of a young man oscillating between naked, made-up and drag, came into being.

This April, Kareem Parkins-Brown shares his poem, ‘Did You Pack Your Own Bags?’, inspired by the Cambridge Analytica files and the nature of privacy.

As a composer, Mahler acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. We've curated our favourites of his works - take a listen.

Since the 1980s, Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz has documented those living on the fringes of society: from trans communities to the homeless. Here she recounts the stories behind some of her photographs and talks to us about living with her subjects in a brothel during the military regime in Chile.

Inspired by Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed – about the first black woman US presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm – gal-dem discuss the echoes of politics then and now, intersectionality and a generation hungry for more stories like Shirley's