On a red carpet in February 2020, Grian Chatten, the front-man and vocalist for Fontaines D.C., was asked about the recent general election in Ireland, which had... Continue reading
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Classical music does not really know how to deal with the working class – either as listeners or as artists working in it. My articles in the... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell pays tribute to Tomás Mac Síomóin and reviews From One Bright Island Flown – Irish Rebels, Exiles,and Martyrs in Latin America, Nuascéalta, 2022 Tomás Mac Síomóin... Continue reading
Children are shrinking before us by Owen Gallagher And when they cut budgets again, for families and schools,we on the opposition benches said: ‘Surelythey can’t cut them... Continue reading
In December 2018, Ian Lewis, a steel worker from Port Talbot in South Wales, woke to an early Christmas present – an artwork by world-renowned street artist... Continue reading
Keith Flett wades into the culture war around Brewdog, its toxic workplace culture and Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity issues in the world of craft beer. Image above... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell’s presentation to the recent conference in Dublin on working-class writing In an unprecedented venture, Culture Matters published a trilogy of anthologies of contemporary Irish working... Continue reading
“Weerth, the German proletariat’s first and most important poet, the son of Rhineland parents, was born in Detmold, where his father was church superintendent. In 1843, when... Continue reading
Coming back from a night shift I’m dropped at a garage on the edge of town. I’ll wait there for my lift home. Inside I can sit... Continue reading
Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual tanka, in Irish and English (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) in response to an artwork (above) by Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African-American artist to... Continue reading
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