In the title essay from her book Civil Wars (1985) June Jordan writes that ‘In the context of tragedy all polite behaviour is a form of self-denial.’... Continue reading
Big Tech Regulator Lina Khan, out with the good air, in with the bad The year in the media, both in the streaming business and in broadcasting... Continue reading
Mr. Bates and the Post Office Part 1 It has been a strange television season. The general trend continues from last year – trimming and cutting back... Continue reading
TO MARKET, TO MARKET TO BUY A FAT PIG after Marie Howe by Abigail Ottley The people Jesus loves are shopping today between the top of Causeway... Continue reading
By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024) is an extraordinary new documentary in cinemas at the moment that looks at the events leading up to... Continue reading
in memory of Eric Levy Assange is free – and how you worked for that, fragile as spindrift, drumming up a storm wrapped in your keffiyeh, that... Continue reading
by Steve Pottinger to any one of us. It’s a grey morning, calm. December. We are in town killing time, maybe meeting friends, something other than our... Continue reading
Joel Samuels discusses the background to his performance in Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art at the Arcola Theatre, London, from 26th November to... Continue reading
On the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s death, Jenny Farrell discusses his social and political perspective Europe in the mid-19th century witnessed numerous revolutions and upheavals. The revolutions... Continue reading