Afshan D’souza-Lodhi
Afshan D’souza-Lodhi is the Editor in Chief of The Common Sense Network. She is an award-winning writer of plays and poetry, and was recently commissioned to write and direct a short film for Channel 4. She has completed residencies at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Literature Festival and has worked with Tamasha Theatre Company and Paul Burston’s Polari. Afshan also has an essay featured in the bestseller collection Its Not About The Burqa. As well as her own writing, Afshan is keen to develop other younger and emerging artists and sits on the boards of Manchester Literature Festival and Brighter Sound.