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About Bella Thomas

Bella Thomas is an adviser to the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation and Axess TV. She has recently worked in documentaries and exhibitions.

Articles by Bella Thomas

Monday 18th February

Living with Castro

Fidel is retiring. Cubans have lived with him for almost fifty years. How have they coped? (archive)
Tuesday 31st October

The Blackwall debates: the present in the past

A historic church in east London is hosting a series of debates exploring some of the most contested issues of modern Britain - multiculturalism, feminism and the relationship with America. Bella Thomas, architect of the Blackwall debates, explains their inspiration.
Tuesday 19th August

Paradox regained: a conversation with an old comandante in Cuba

Cuba's reality is layered, complex, inaccessible. There is no soap, but people are clean; little food, but people survive; no freedom, but people talk in code. How to go beyond the traps of nostalgia and romanticism? For Bella Thomas, a fascinating conversation with a comandante far beyond illusion gradually reveals a secret entrance to the Cuban heart. 
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