Jack Clarke interviews filmmakers and UC Davis (California) professors Jesse and Glenda Drew. They explore the working-class origins of country music, as well as its transatlantic influences and... Continue reading
Gaza Bucket and spade, child and sandBucket and spade, and sand The next poem is a response to Forensic Architecture’s work on the murder of Hind... Continue reading
Change by Steven Taylor This time tomorrow, next week or yesterday, at the latest (it’s hard to tell the difference) Sir Keir Starmer will be the new... Continue reading
Pre-election day, this is the perfect antidote to baby-kissing canvassers and interview soundbites. It’s a searingly honest and at times uproariously funny selection of polemical and activist... Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn is a lifelong abstainer from drink. Nevertheless, he has always shown interest in protecting pubs in his constituency, and so repaired with his campaign to... Continue reading
Spy thrillers about and accounts of East-West spying during the cold war abound, always written from a particular Western political standpoint. Autobiographies relating the stories of former... Continue reading
Alastair McIntosh reviews The Orgreave Stations, by William Hershaw with images by Les McConnell. Photos below by Alastair McIntosh, images by Les McConnell A few hours after... Continue reading
He carries the suitcase like he means business. He carries it like he cares about it. He carries it like he cares about it too much. He... Continue reading
Image above: People take turns to do the difficult jobs, by Chad McCail The 3rd annual conference of the Alliance of Working-Class Academics (AWCA), in conjunction with... Continue reading
Tyrant by Pete Godfrey, with image above by Martin Gollan Never have we seen one quite like this,Empty of respect or feeling, King Disdain,Terror his watchword, bombs... Continue reading