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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Asylum for Sale – review
The edited volume from Siobhán McGuirk and Adrienne Pine is a powerful indictment of the modern migration complex, writes Nico Vaccari
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Should the left care about blockchain technology?
Despite its utopian promises of digital democracy, Thomas Redshaw argues socialists should be wary of embracing blockchain technology
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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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I Want to Believe – review
A M Gittlitz’s analysis of Posadism shows there is value in occasionally indulging in fanciful thinking, writes Dawn Foster
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Will the beat go on?
Gerry Hart reports on lockdown, gentrification and the face of Newcastle’s live music
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Power plays: the rise of game worker unions
Amid global economic crisis, business is booming in the gaming industry. It’s time to step up the fight for worker’s rights, Emma Kinema tells Marzena Zukowska
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Post-pandemic, who’s laughing now?
As venues tentatively reopen post-lockdown, Siobhán McGuirk surveys the impact of the pandemic on comedy, theatre and the cultural sector
