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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Deviants and trailblazers – review
Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK is a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam
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Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump
Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, AI and cultural criticism in an age of moral panic
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Behind the ‘intelligent’ chatbot
Angela Chukunzira, Tyler Finken and Finn Jetses highlight multinational resistance to AI’s social and ecological impact
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Theatre and political transformations in Brazil
Luke Lewin Davies and Jenny Futuro speak to São Paulo-based playwright Filipe Pereira on the challenges of left theatre-making in Brazil’s evolving political landscape
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Cape Fever – review
Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef
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We Grow the World Together – review
We Grow the World Together’s collected essays are a vital resource on caregiving and abolition for those hoping to build a better world for future generations, writes Gracie Mae Bradley
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My Country: Africa – review
Andrée Blouin’s autobiography, whilst messy at points, charts a clear history of resistance to colonial oppression, writes Olivia Umuerwa Rutazibwa
