Jenny Farrell discusses the focus on our common humanity in Robert Burns’s For A’ That, and the way it foretells the ‘programme which will govern the world... Continue reading
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Jenny Farrell shows the poignant seasonal relevance of the wonderfully inclusive art in the Syrian Aleppo House. With everything that is happening in the world at the... Continue reading
On his 350th anniversary, Jenny Farrell outlines how Jonathan Swift’s books expressed and strengthened Ireland’s cultural struggle against English colonialism. Jonathan Swift was born 350 years ago,... Continue reading
On the 50th anniversary of Patrick Kavanagh’s death, Jenny Farrell draws out some of the political meanings of Patrick Kavanagh’s poem Epic. The Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses the prophetic politics of the Gravedigger scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which class-based justice and fundamental human equality are discussed by those whose task it... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell celebrates the democratising power of Revolutionary art. With the Russian Revolution of 1917, the dispossessed took control over their destiny, for the first time in... Continue reading
On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s revolt, Jenny Farrell gives us a critical appreciation of Hieronymous Bosch’s famous painting The Haywain, a coded criticism of the ruthless extortion... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell introduces the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz, one of Germany’s greatest artists and sculptors, who produced unforgettable images of the violence, injustice and crimes against... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell takes us through one of the greatest political artworks ever, Picasso’s Guernica. There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost... Continue reading
The recent election results showed a stunning level of support for Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party’s anti-austerity policies. Working people are clearly starting to ask more... Continue reading
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