Media
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When the people made television: the BBC’s Community Programme Unit
An exhibition revisiting a radically different, democratic approach to programming in the 1970s prompts Andrew Dolan to consider whether another BBC is still imaginable today
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Navigating the apocalypse through popular culture
From plague and pandemics to zombies and ‘cli-fi’, apocalyptic narratives have long reflected and shaped the anxieties of our age, write Siobhan McGuirk and Marzena Zukowska
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Black British history is much more than Windrush
Noah Anthony Enahoro argues that the long history of black people in the UK is minimised by focusing solely on twentieth century immigration
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The uses and limits of celebrity solidarity with Palestine
Famous voices can shape public opinion on Palestine, argues Raoul Walawalker, but walking back solidarity statements does more harm than good
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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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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
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Woke jokes and right-wing comedy
There’s nothing radical – or funny – about right-wing comedy, says Jake Laverde.