Culture

Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices

World without borders Illustration: Cressida Knapp

Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices

World without borders Illustration: Cressida Knapp

  • Former US Vice President Kamala Harris standing at a podium in front of the American flag

    Enemy Feminisms – review

    Sophie Lewis sets out how to build a liberated, feminist world without ignoring feminism’s uglier side, writes Leah Cowen

  • A fire engine with fire fighters along side and on top of it in the middle of a road, with burning buildings and bright fires behind it

    From the Ashes – review

    Grief and loss are inescapable parts of the fight for a better world, but Sarah Jaffe demonstrates that they are compatible with resilience and determination, writes Joana Ramiro

  • A woman delivering a presentation in front of a large screen, showing an image of a girl wearing a large VR headset and various digital icons behind her

    Black box archive: preserving culture in the age of generative AI

    Will AI-generated content take over the internet? Florence Smith Nicholls explores automated threats to open access – and the caring work of preserving online cultures

  • A montage of graffiti style colours cover a rave scene with a banner that reads: 'The city is ours'

    Is rave culture political?

    Despite facing state repression, rave culture continues to be a space for political expression and collective action, writes Alex Carter

  • A pencil drawing of a man addressing a crowd from a car rooftop next to a photograph of protestors on their knees surrounded by teargas

    Kenya’s youth-led revolution

    Rasna Warah reports on how young people in and beyond Kenya are using social media to challenge corrupt, old-school politicians

  • A cartoon green frog with a red Groucho Marx disguise on a black and green grid background

    Behind the ‘Great Firewall of China’

    Jiannan Shi reports on China’s internet censorship – and the creative ways people are finding to sidestep it

  • A circle of blue illustrated heads shouting at each other on a black and green grid background

    Breaking up with my X

    Tom Whyman traces a personal journey with Elon Musk’s social media platform: from a coming-of-age love story to Twittering off

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