On the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road, Philip Bounds pays tribute to ‘four cultural subversives’ through the prism of an alternative Top Ten of their songs The Beatles... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses The Architects, a film made in 1989/90 which traced the reasons for the collapse of the GDR 30 years ago, on 9 November 1990,... Continue reading
Please note new guidelines and new deadline for the ‘What Rough Beast?’ callout for poems about Trump and Trumpism – see Poetry section. Also in the Poetry and... 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
To A Different Country by Mike Jenkins We were selling ticketsfor a journey to a different country(our own, yet changed totally).At the station our flags flappedin a... Continue reading
Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom has admitted the fracking suspension imposed by the government is a “disappointment”, as the Conservatives face escalating pressure to introduce a permanent ban. Her remarks came as... Continue reading
Tony McKenna praises Marxist Literary Criticism Today (Pluto Press, £19.99) for its clarity, coherence, and insightfulness For the last few decades the world of ‘Marxist’ literary criticism... Continue reading
Fran Lock reviews Joker’s treatment of violence, poverty, class, gender and race, and the way it subverts ‘one of capitalism’s most pernicious fictions’ If you want to get... Continue reading
Michael Jarvie discusses the life and work of Béla Bartók If you’ve ever seen Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining you will have heard some of Bartók’s characteristic... Continue reading