Mike Quille reviews an exhibition of photographs of the shipbuilding industry on Tyneside. In honour of the shipyard workers of Tyneside, Chris Killip recently gave a set... Continue reading
Mike Quille reviews Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience, and interviews the editor, Paul Sng. Paul Sng’s films – Sleaford Mods, and Dispossession: The Great Housing... Continue reading
Chris Guiton and Mike Quille present an analysis of what culture means, and what a democratic and socialist approach to culture policy might look like. Introduction The mission... Continue reading
What would a radical, socialist culture policy look like? Last September I reported on The World Transformed festival, organised by Momentum alongside the Labour Party conference in... Continue reading
Mike Quille reviews an involving, stimulating exhibition which encourages the growing appetite for cultural democracy. The recent appointment of Elisabeth Murdoch to Arts Council England was yet... Continue reading
‘With all your body, all your heart and all your mind, listen to the Revolution.’ said the poet Alexander Blok in 1918. As the centenary year of... Continue reading
Mike Quille outlines some of the ways the Russian Revolution has influenced art and culture across the world in the last 100 years. The Bolshevik Revolution in October... Continue reading
Mike Quille interviews Ian Lynch from the four-piece traditional Irish folk group Lankum, formerly known as Lynched, who are currently on tour. Mike: I appreciate you must... Continue reading
Mike Quille reviews the national premiere of Liars of Earth, and interviews the artist. Review of the Drawing Chad McCail’s 100-foot long drawing depicts a series of... Continue reading
Mike Quille traces the links between corporate sponsorship and the distortion of history and art, in two recent exhibitions. How do the ruling classes manipulate art and... Continue reading