Joel Samuels discusses the background to his performance in Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art at the Arcola Theatre, London, from 26th November to... Continue reading
On the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s death, Jenny Farrell discusses his social and political perspective Europe in the mid-19th century witnessed numerous revolutions and upheavals. The revolutions... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses Han Kang’s literary struggle against the oppression, violence and alienation of late capitalism On 10 December, Han Kang, a writer deeply attuned to South... Continue reading
by michal lowkain when you eatand when you sleepwhen you walkand when you do your shoppingwhen you dance in the morningand when you cry laterwhen you can’t... Continue reading
by Jennifer Johnson When the Council owns the building you live inyou may find that the front is detaching itself from the back,the underpinning needed too expensive... Continue reading
by Anne Irwin The world comes tumbling down When sense is toppled from its crown By tic-toc gasúns who give lip To the common citizenship, Their insecurities... Continue reading
After the spiritual, Mary had a baby By Janet Hatherley Set out from Nazareth, can’t get through Ninety miles to Bethlehem At Jalamah checkpoint Flanked by a... Continue reading
Brett Gregory: In today’s episode I’ll be discussing with Dr Laura Minor, Lecturer in Television Studies at the University of Salford, her extremely refreshing, sobering yet vital... Continue reading
John Green talks to Andy Croft about the achievements of Smokestack Books, in an article from the Morning Star Poetry is the most democratic form of literary expression... Continue reading