What purpose do the arts serve today? The arts – Music, literature, painting, sculpture, dance etc. – represent vibrant aspects of human culture. They don’t provide us... Continue reading
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John Green reviews Hilary Mantel’s trilogy of historical novels. The above image is Hans Holbein’s 1530s portrait of Thomas Cromwell Hilary Mantel’s trilogy on the life of... Continue reading
John Green discusses the obliteration of GDR culture since reunification. The mosaic is in Eisenhüttenstadt, and is by Walter Womacka This month sees the 30th anniversary of... Continue reading
John Green reviews a new book about the life and work of Lewis W. Hine, one of the founders of of U.S. social photography. Lewis Hine’s iconic... Continue reading
John Green reviews a new film about the solidarity and courage of some Scots engineering workers who took action against the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nae... Continue reading
John Green introduces some Karl Marx bicentenary cartoons and caricatures. 5 May 2018 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx. To commemorate this the Ken... Continue reading
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx this year, John Green gives a brief outline of some of the influences of Marxist thought on... Continue reading
John Green outlines the role of film in the Bolshevik Revolution, and the profound and lasting influence of Russian revolutionary film-makers on cinema not only in the... Continue reading
John Green introduces the life of Jack London. There is a hullabaloo around the quincentenary this year of Shakespeare’s death, but Jack London’s centenary appears to have... Continue reading
John Green reviews a new exhibition about the great American photographer Paul Strand, pointing to the ‘mute, empathetic, visual rapport’ that Strand achieves in his images. The... Continue reading
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