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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.

  • Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a white man wearing a suit with his hands clasped, speaks into a microphone against a backdrop of more white men in suits listening from their seats in the European Parliament

    Bad news from Greece: round one

    Former Syriza member Marina Prentoulis examines the results of the first round of the Greek elections and explains the party’s continued decline

  • A painting of an older white man sitting in front of a bookcase wearing a red jumper

    A tribute to Tom Nairn

    Writers from England, Wales and Scotland pay tribute to Tom Nairn, who died in January 2023

  • A rally of protesters march behind a large banner that reads: 'McStrike'

    Workers Can Win – review

    If you’re looking to organise your workplace, Ian Allinson’s book is a vital and useful guide, writes Lydia Hughes

  • A black and white late-19th century photo of large crowds of people on a boat

    Migrants: The Story of Us All – review

    Sam Miller’s book reveals migration to be neither aberrant nor harmful, but an ancient and fundamental aspect of humanity, says Madoc Cairns

  • A photo of a desalination plant taken from across a body of water

    Hydropolitics: An interview with Erik Swyngedouw

    Sanaa Alimia interviews Erik Swyngedouw on the urgent need to bring water into the commons through political action

  • An archive photo of two men – Pat Pottle (who is lighting a cigarette) and Michael Randle – outside the Old Bailey

    Rebel verdict – review

    Michael Randle’s examination of an extraordinary historic trial is both serious and entertaining, writes Richard Norton-Taylor

  • A picture of the procession down Whitehall of the Kings golden carriage on his coronation day

    Simon Hedges is just coronated

    As Britain readies to crown King Charles III, the late Queen’s large adult son, Simon Hedges shares his vision for the momentous occasion

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