Hamish Henderson (1919-2002) was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist and public intellectual. He studied Gramsci’s ideas on culture in the mid-1940s whilst a soldier in Italy, and... Continue reading
by Owen Gallagher, with image above by Martin Gollan We answered the Government’s call to keep the profit flag flying, the currency stable, happy to... Continue reading
TO MARKET, TO MARKET TO BUY A FAT PIG after Marie Howe by Abigail Ottley The people Jesus loves are shopping today between the top of Causeway... Continue reading
By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024) is an extraordinary new documentary in cinemas at the moment that looks at the events leading up to... Continue reading
in memory of Eric Levy Assange is free – and how you worked for that, fragile as spindrift, drumming up a storm wrapped in your keffiyeh, that... Continue reading
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