Like all artists, musicians enhance the quality of our lives, and expand the cultural commons which we need as much as the air we breathe. Chris Wood... Continue reading
‘The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too’ said the aptly named Rose Schneiderman early in the last century. She was right, we all... Continue reading
Welcome to Culture Matters I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green... Continue reading
A radical cultural struggle against the established order: Mike Quille reviews the Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery. Curators sometimes overuse the word revolutionary when promoting exhibitions... Continue reading
To mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, and in memory of the British and Irish International Brigaders who wrote poems and... Continue reading
“I want to change the world, I want to strike the spark or kick the pebble that will start the fire or the avalanche that will change... Continue reading
When I asked Fred Voss if we could do an interview by email, little did I know what would happen. In response to my prosaic questions, he... Continue reading
Mike Quille explores the relations between art, politics and empire, in the current Artist and Empire exhibition at Tate Britain. Has there ever been a more successful... Continue reading
Wars rage in the Middle East. The US and its allies pursue their policies of economic and military aggression, regime change, and the deliberate fomenting of chaos,... Continue reading