John Smith, the avant garde film maker, has kindly offered Culture Matters his short film, Dark Light. Below, he introduces it. The only time I’ve visited a communist... Continue reading
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What did Marx mean by his vivid metaphor? Roland Boer continues his series of articles on Marxism and religion with an examination of the historical, textual and... Continue reading
Chris Jury traces the relations between culture, oppositional consciousness and class struggles in recent history. “It may be good to have power based on arms but it... Continue reading
Ross Bradshaw keeps calm while reviewing Owen Hatherley’s latest book of essays on nostalgia. This set of essays starts with the well-known image, in Gill Sans type,... Continue reading
David Betteridge introduces some of the cartoons of Bob Starrett, the official cartoonist of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in of 1971-2. When we look at Starrett’s cartoons,... Continue reading
Several pieces on both the arts and culture hubs express, creatively and critically, what communism might mean. It’s touched on in the poetry of Salena Godden, David... Continue reading
Burnsiana Scroll back from the cosmos,To inner space.The mind’s micro-structureNanoscientists mind-mappingThe brain’s hundred billion neurons,Its thousand trillion connections,Processing 0.1 quadrillion thoughts per second.Vastly more sophisticatedThan any computer.What... Continue reading
My word you can’t know Burns unless you can hate the Lockharts and all the estimable bourgeoisand upper classes as he really did – the narrow gutted... Continue reading
David Betteridge presents two poems to help you enjoy an alternative Burns supper. At An Alternative Burns Supper His short life and his fertilitylift his perfection... Continue reading
John Storey outlines the relations between football’s history and social class. In the About Us section of this website, cultural activities are described as sites of domination... Continue reading
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