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 – prioritising the grassroots voices democratising creative 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 – prioritising the grassroots voices democratising creative channels of communication.
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Asylum for Sale – review
The edited volume from Siobhán McGuirk and Adrienne Pine is a powerful indictment of the modern migration complex, writes Nico Vaccari
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Should the left care about blockchain technology?
Despite its utopian promises of digital democracy, Thomas Redshaw argues socialists should be wary of embracing blockchain technology
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The marketisation of truth
It’s time we look deeper at the causes of our post-truth malaise, argues Marcus Gilroy-Ware
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I Want to Believe – review
A M Gittlitz’s analysis of Posadism shows there is value in occasionally indulging in fanciful thinking, writes Dawn Foster
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Will the beat go on?
Gerry Hart reports on lockdown, gentrification and the face of Newcastle’s live music
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Post-pandemic, who’s laughing now?
As venues tentatively reopen post-lockdown, Siobhán McGuirk surveys the impact of the pandemic on comedy, theatre and the cultural sector
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The rise of comedian politicians
As more and more comedians find success in the political arena, Rhian Jones lists some of the most prominent examples of satirists turned statesmen
