Balik Bayan – a festival of longing

The next generation of Filipino British artists are speaking out, confronting their past and discovering joy and meaning in the complex stories of their parents — and of themselves, according to Filipino author Candy Gourlay in her review of Balik Bayan, a cultural festival focusing on the UK Filipino diaspora.

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The Beatles, Imelda Marcos and the untold stories from Manila

For decades, the story of the Beatles’ disastrous 1966 visit to Manila has been told from the band’s perspective. As David Guerrero prepares to launch his new book in Liverpool, he revisits one of pop culture’s most enduring myths — and asks what happens when history is written by only one side.

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