Art and museums
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Fighting the dirty money behind art, sports and culture
Paula Lacey traces efforts to wash out state and corporate influence on culture in the UK around the world
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Space, cash and grassroots futures
The government alone won’t support culture, argues Matt Turtle. In discontented Britain, community connection, creative ingenuity and staying power are key
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The state of the arts
Danielle Child examines the key issues facing the arts under Labour, following 14 years of Conservative government, austerity programmes, Brexit and a global pandemic
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A Child in Palestine – review
A Child in Palestine is a powerful tribute to the enduring legacy of Naji al-Ali, writes Jeanine Hourani
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Game on! It’s time to decolonise play
Mary Flanagan examines the sordid history of how colonialism has shaped the games we play – and how we can build play spaces free of it
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Four quarters of radical Birmingham
The ‘Gramscian project’ of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, established in 1964 by Stuart Hall and Richard Hoggart at the University of Birmingham, left an indelible mark on the city. Josh Allen surveys its enduring radical edge
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Neoliberal economics is killing the arts
Funding cuts and reduced access are cementing the arts as a privileged realm. It’s time to resist ‘art-as-capital’ thinking, argues Tim Lutton
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