Culture
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
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High art, low ceilings: remaking Social Club culture
Jerry Iles speaks to Geoff Kirkwood about how a Tyneside Social Club became a cultural beacon – driven by cutting edge DJs, bingo nights, experimental orchestras and ‘open-minded collectivism’. Now, it’s reclaiming culture for everyone
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Investigative journalism: A light in the darkness
The most important function of investigative journalism is to hold power to account, writes Katie Mark
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Red Pepper Media: a community-led redesign
Following an extensive community consultation, the new look RPM has been guided by our readers – and is set to reshape the left media landscape
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Big Flame: Building Movements, New Politics – review
Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell’s book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey
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How +972 fights for the truth
Richard Kuper describes how +972 magazine provides a journalistically brilliant lone Palestinian-Israeli voice in a sea of hostile media
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Shelf life: The return of print media?
Jake Thompson details how physical media is once again integral to modern media operations – with a new purpose in the digital age
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In Defence of Barbarism – review
Long used as a pejorative, Louisa Yousfi transforms the term ‘barbarian’ into a weapon against colonialism, Sophie Marie-Niang writes
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