Gavin Barrett

Tartan Turban Secret Readings #47 · Luma Featuring Bänoo Zan, Cy Strom, Veena Gokhale, Kateri Lanthier, Lynn Tait and Michael Fraser. Curated by Gavin Barrett. 7–10 pm, Friday, September 26, 2025, at…

Our final Tartan Turban Secret Reading of 2025 features Bänoo Zan, Cy Strom, Veena Gokhale, Kateri Lanthier, Lynn Tait and Michael Fraser. Curated by Gavin Barrett. 7–10 pm, Friday, September 26, 2025, at Barrett and Welsh. Book your free tickets now - link: luma.com/l67u87db

Tartan Turban Secret Readings #45 · Luma Featuring Gary Barwin, Deepa Rajagopalan, Tyler Pennock and Charlie Petch. Curated by Gavin Barrett.

The 45th Tartan Turban Secret Reading will take place on July 24, 2025 at Barrett and Welsh. Featuring @GaryBarwin, Deepa Rajagopalan, Tyler Pennock and Charlie Petch. Curated by Gavin Barrett. Book your free tickets now at lu.ma/bnewe6bd

"If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you" he told the British parliament in 2001 "you do not live in a democratic system."

Tony Benn's 5 questions for the powerful:
1. What power do you have?
2. Where did you get it from?
3. In whose interests do you exercise it?
4. To whom are you accountable?
5. how can we get rid of you?

But dear US, you’re on your own there. Here’s your homework: be more human-centred. Less money-centred. Make healthcare universal. Treat all peoples as equals. Uplift the weak and marginalized. Ensure that your democracy isn’t hijacked by oligarchs. Contact us again in a couple of 100 years.

I think I understand DonaldTrump now and I couldn’t agree more. The only way to make America great again is to add Canada - impossible for poor old America to do it on its own.