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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Shattered Nation – review
Dorling’s book offers a damning portrait of a crumbling Britain, writes Phil O’Sullivan
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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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Social media and disability: the good side
Kerry Martin Millan explores how online spaces can provide community and nurture confidence among creatives with disabilities
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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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Empire of Normality – review
Chapman’s book offers a vitally needed theoretical framework for neurodivergent anti-capitalism, writes Gerald Roche
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Radical reels: an interview with Reel News
An anonymous activist from the video collective Reel News describes how it has supported various campaigns since the pathbreaking rise of indie media
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First as tragedy, second as podcasts
Politicians keep launching podcasts. The medium’s veneer of authenticity only works to reinforce establishment discourse, argues Daniel Eales