British Vogue - 09.2019

WE HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN HERE: A QUEER

MUSLIM MEMOIR

BY SAMRA HABIB

Persecuted for her

faith in Pakistan, then

racially abused as a

refugee in Canada,

Samra Habib has been

searching for safety

all her life. This hotly

tipped memoir explores

how she was finally able

to embrace her true self.

Riverrun, 5 September

MY BRILLIANT FRIEND

Elena Ferrante’s literary

portrait on the power of

female friendship comes to

the National Theatre, with

Niamh Cusack and Catherine

McCormack reprising their

roles from a sold-out run at

Rose Theatre Kingston.

Olivier Theatre, London SE1,

from 12 November

SONTAG: HER LIFE

BY BENJAMIN MOSER

Following this year’s Met

Gala, the theme of which

was Susan Sontag’s seminal

essay Notes on “Camp”,

comes the first authorised

biography of the iconic

writer. Juicy details include

the revelation that Sontag is

the rightful author of work

long attributed to her ex-

husband, Philip Rieff.

Allen Lane, 17 September

FLEABAG

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

takes a final bow as

Fleabag with a farewell

run of the original one-

woman theatre show

that made her a star.

Wyndham’s

Theatre, London WC2,

from 20 August

KARA WALKER,

TATE MODERN

Since March, the London

art set has been buzzing

with the news that

American artist Kara

Walker would be taking

the annual Turbine Hall

installation spot. No

stranger to huge scale

(in 2014, she created

New York’s largest-

ever public artwork),

Walker deploys

racial stereotypes in

murals that evoke the

violence of slavery and

complexities of identity.

Tate Modern, London

SE1, from 2 October

CECIL BEATON; ARI MARCOPOULOS; MARK PECKMEZIAN/THE GENTLEWOMAN; KARA WALKER

A R TS & C U LT U R E

Must-reads, unmissable performances

and compelling exhibitions abound this

season on the Vogue editors’ hotlist

Artistic licence

CHINEKE! JUNIOR

ORCHESTRA

This month, some of

the most exceptional

young BME classical

talent in the UK will

perform together as

part of the Chineke!

Junior Orchestra.

Prepare to be awed

by these stars of

tomorrow.

Queen Elizabeth

Hall, London SE1,

15 September

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