Manick Govinda is Head of Artists’ Advisory Services and Artists’ Producer at Artsadmin working with artists Zarina Bhimji and Zineb Sedira.  He is also a freelance writer, and is co-curating artworks commissioned for Town Hall Hotel and Apartments in East London by up-and-coming local artists. He is an active member of the civil liberties campaign group the Manifesto Club, leading the campaign against the UK Home Office’s restrictions on invited non-EU artists and academics.

At home with East End protest

Tower Hamlets didn’t suffer so badly from the riots compared to other areas of London, probably because of this tight-knit community of which Bayjoo’s young men are part.