Episode 57

How Conversations From Calais is bringing together art and activism

We chat with Mathilda Della Torre, author of Conversations from Calais: Sharing Refugee Stories

When Mathilda Della Torre came home after visiting the refugee camps in Calais for the first time she thought, “I can’t look away from this.”

And so she began documenting the conversations between volunteers and migrants from Calais, firstly on posters, which people began to put copies up of on streets all around the world, and then in her book, Conversations from Calais.These conversations are moving, heartfelt and capture the diversity of refugees’ lives.

Della Torre’s book is a window into refugee and migrant’s stories, behind the tabloid headlines and culture wars we see on social media. As she says, it is an introduction into the topic, and the essays in the book from campaigners, artists and authors from Nish Kumar to Ai Weiwei to Yasmin Alibhai-Brown offer more experiences.

Thank you to Mathilda Della Torre for an inspiring conversation. You can find out more about her book here: https://www.conversationsfromcalais.com/

Conversations from Calais book https://www.conversationsfromcalais.com/

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Music by Joseph McDade https://josephmcdade.com/music

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