Alys Whitehead

We’re open! Really proud of this one and been a dream of a creative process designing this world since dec 2019! Come seee

The people protesting, many of them Jewish, are protesting against Starmer and the UK’s arming of Israel, a foreign government. They are not protesting against British Jews. It is Starmer here who is conflating British Jews with Israel - and doing the antisemites’ work for them.

For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide. When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected. Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.

As a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza, here's the poem I wrote a few months ago:

Nigeria's Super Falcons are welcomed home as CHAMPIONS 🏆🇳🇬 🎥: @NGSuper_Falcons

there are very few things i am patriotic about: - our plug socket - lionesses #Euro2025 #Lionesses

I wish people would read the detail: the framework of access to an abortion – including the need for two doctors’ signatures, and the time limits at which terminations can be carried out – will *remain the same* and doctors who act outside the law will still face the threat of prosecution. The issue is that the women - almost always vulnerable as a result of domestic abuse and violence, human trafficking and sexual exploitation or women who have given birth prematurely - will no longer be at risk of being thrown into cells.

England legend Anita Asante has publicly dedicated her ‘Game Changer’ award at the Women’s Football Awards to trans people. 👏 She says: “Now is not the time to be silent. I call on my fellow sports professionals to speak up in support.” For @outsports outsports.com/2025/5/2/24111…

🌍✨ Hey @mikaelaloach — I’ve written a show with a Tara Young Company about global majority climate activists, and it’s running this week in London. Would love for you to come or share: taratheatre.com/whats-on/a-pra…

Transphobia hurts all women.

A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.

This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message : “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side. By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people. I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.” — For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

To all friends In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world: • A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary: bit.ly/3yp2nBI bit.ly/2SSpMeC bit.ly/3f0KK3P • "Keeper of Memory" documentary: youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg • "Empty Seat" documentary: youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ • "Resistance Pilot" documentary: youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg • "Jenin" documentary: vimeo.com/499672067 • "The Olive Tree" documentary: vimeo.com/432062498 • "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973: youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE • Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom": youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s • Documentary "Arna's Children": youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI • Short Film "Strawberry": vimeo.com/209189656/e551… • Short Film "The Place": youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII • Documentary "The Mayor": youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc • Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948": youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs • Documentary "Occupation" 101": youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk • "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary: vimeo.com/220119035 • "The Don't Exist" Documentary: youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg • "As The Poet Said" Documentary: vimeo.com/220116068 • "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary: youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw • "Paradise Now" Feature Film: vimeo.com/510883804 • "Abnadam" Short Film: youtu.be/I--r85cOoXM • "Wedding of Galilee": youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U • The feature film "Keffiyeh": vimeo.com/780695653 • The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop": youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik • The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar": youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI • The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle": youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI • The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance": youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM • The documentary film "Swings": youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs • The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision: youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU • "The Upper Gate" Documentary: vimeo.com/433362585 • "In Search of Palestine" Documentary: vimeo.com/184213685?1 • "Salt of this Sea" Feature Film: bit.ly/3c10G3Z • "Speak, Bird" Documentary: youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q • "The Palestinian Exodus" Series: bit.ly/3bXNAVp • "I Am Jerusalem" Series: bit.ly/3hG8sDV

Taylor Hinds deserves better. Football’s deep-rooted problem with misogyny is back in focus after the Liverpool player was subjected to sexually inappropriate comments from a fan during the club’s FA Cup game against Arsenal.⁣

The racist and misogynistic abuse Bunny Shaw suffered in her last WSL game is proof women’s football in England must do better to address its systemic racial diversity problem.

This is the end point of the transphobia brain rot btw. Starts off with just “oh I’m protecting women’s rights” and ends with “trans people don’t exist.” It is just a return to Thatcherite section 28 homophobia of the 80s. We need to fight this rhetoric as hard as we can.

Look 😍 Tender is a triumph of direction (@emilyaboudetc) and collaborative design (@alyswhitehead, @DavidMJTDoyle, @ellie4443) and features incredible performances from @nkempsayfi and Annabel Baldwin. @eleanortindall_'s new play opens tonight at @bushtheatre. 📸 @_he_photo

A statement from Tara Theatre #FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide #CeasefireNow #FreeLebanon #handsoffpalestine #handsofflebanon

Just having a lovely happy time on this truly. Soaking it all in :)

Today Stephen Lawrence would have turned 50. We express our solidarity and support towards the Lawrence family in their ongoing struggle for justice.

The fact that Dominique Pelicot allegedly found more than 90 men in his local area who were willing to do this is just bleak beyond words. This is the queue for the defendants to be admitted to court: