Culture and media
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport.
We cover a breadth of themes, from representations of class, race and gender in the arts, to progressive and reactionary uses of nostalgia, to the grassroots voices democratising the channels of communication.
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport.
We cover a breadth of themes, from representations of class, race and gender in the arts, to progressive and reactionary uses of nostalgia, to the grassroots voices democratising the channels of communication.
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Monopolywood: Why the Paramount accords should not be repealed
Repealing the Paramount accords could set independent cinema back, writes Vaughn Joy
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Abolition Revolution – review
Abolition Revolution looks to a future free of the punitive systems that permeate British society, argues Shahed Ezaydi
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The Full Monty at 25
A quarter of a century after its release, The Full Monty still resonates today. Alex Green revisits a working-class story told with compassion and humour
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This Arab is Queer – review
Elias Jahshan’s anthology paints a vibrant picture of queer Arab life on its own terms, writes Aneesha Hussain
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Riot daze
In the current political climate, despair come easy. From Pussy Riot to queer cabaret, we must find hope in one another, argues Siobhan McGuirk
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Tapping technology in Nairobi’s informal settlements
Prince Guma reflects on how new digital technologies for water provision have been adapted – and subverted – in informal settlements in Nairobi
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Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia – review
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan’s book does not shy away from vital connections between Islamophobia and the forces of global capitalism, writes Farzana Khan
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