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


This timely book is ultimately a call for professional journalists to step up and produce public-facing media, writes Darcy White

The editor-in-chief of Russian-language news site Meduza tells Anne Schumacher about Putin’s objectives and circumventing censorship

Botany, welfare, friendships, work and housing. David Matthews picks six of the best new books for leftists

Katrina Navickas’ clear and persuasive history invites readers to reflect critically on space, place and the commons, writes Rhian E Jones

Andy Brain highlights eight programmes that reveal the power and potential of local TV – despite the tremendous difficulties stations face

Local TV promised a grassroots platform, but weak regulation and broken business models wrecked the sector. Andy Brain surveys the survivors reclaiming local video

Rob Faure Walker’s book highlights how Jungian ideas can help us navigate capitalism, ecological crisis and the search for collective repair, writes Craig Snelgrove
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