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Sammi Gale

(He/Him)
London
As seen in: Substack, British GQ, The i Paper, Magnum Photos, Little White Lies, whynow, Contemporary Art Society
Covers:  Art, pop culture, film, TV, books, poetry
editor @plinthukart journalist, poet, london. words @theipaper @britishgq @lwlies @whynowworld @datableedzine @colorado_review sammi@plinth.uk.com

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Sammi Gale is a curator, poet and the editor of Plinth. His recent poetry pamphlets include Port Folio (Broken Sleep Books, 2025) and Torch Loose Panic (Datableed Editions, 2026). His journalism features in GQ, the i Paper, and Little White Lies. He lives in London.

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Climate chaos hits Hollywood in Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman

Climate chaos hits Hollywood in Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman

In American writer Alexandra Kleeman's second novel Something New Under the Sun, a severe drought has hit Cal…

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The Search

The Search

Andra Ursuţa's *Joy Revision* does not take its name from the world's foremost Joy Divison tribute band, but …

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The art of partying, as depicted by teen movies

The art of partying, as depicted by teen movies

The art of partying, as depicted by teen movies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly pri…

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I'm a boyfriend who uses weaponised incompetence. Can I change?

I'm a boyfriend who uses weaponised incompetence. Can I change?

On TikTok, #weaponisedincompetence describes millions of men not pulling their weight in their relationships,…

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Bhanu Kapil explores immigration in new poetry collection How To Wash a Heart

Bhanu Kapil explores immigration in new poetry collection How To Wash a Heart

"It's exhausting to be a guest/ In somebody else's house/ Forever." So reads British-Indian poet Bhanu Kapil'…

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Coming and Going

Coming and Going

On the centreline of a photograph by Jim Goldberg, two lookalike kittens sidle up so close together they coul…

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The Sneeze Heard Around the World: Mr Bean’s Whistler Returns to London

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By Sammi Gale
| Little White Lies Verified
The Sneeze Heard Around the World: Mr Bean’s Whistler Returns to London Before Monkey Jesus there was Whistler's Mother. One writer reflects on a childhood haunted by Bean's art restoration efforts. Before Monkey Jesus there was Whistler’s Mother. One writer reflects on a childhood haunted by Bean’s art restoration efforts. There is an image I still find terrifying after almost 30 years. Picture the scene: you are five years old.
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Baby Blue Benzo: Sara Cwynar at The Approach

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By Sammi Gale
| uk.com
By Sammi Gale Centred throughout Sara Cwynar’s 21-minute film Baby Blue Benzo (2024), on view at The Approach, is the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – to date, the most expensive car sold at auction. As well as the phallic symbol, I mean, car, the title refers to ‘Benzos’ i.e. Benzodiazepines – Valium, Xanax – substances designed to soothe the central nervous system, to take the edge off the pressures of modern life.
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Blots on the Landscape

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By Sammi Gale
| uk.com
By Sammi Gale In paintings such as Hawksbill Bay (2020), from Hurvin Anderson’s Jamaican hotel series, modernist buildings are engulfed by tropical trees and foliage. If I was a synesthete the palette – greens and blues tuned to an electric pitch – would smell of ozone. Perhaps because these scenes are so moreish (or because a woozy afternoon in the Caribbean is such an appealing idea) Anderson gets cast inadvertently as a painter of hot, atmospheric landscapes.
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