Kevin Higgins lays into the Irish literary establishment, and praises The Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People’s Poetry from Contemporary Ireland, edited by Jenny Farrell... Continue reading
Tara Hanks interviews Fionn Wilson, an artist and curator of a new exhibition of art inspired by Christine Keeler. Main image: Christine Keeler: Anger, Blame, Shame, Ruin, Grief,... Continue reading
Michael Jarvie reviews the Norman Cornish exhibition currently on at the Bowes Museum, Durham, and takes in the Silver Swan as well The Norman Cornish exhibition at... Continue reading
Tony McKenna reviews Shakespeare’s Tempest and Capitalism: The Storm of History, by Helen C. Scott, which is a fruitful and dialectical analysis revealing organically the aesthetic character of the... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses Fryderyk Chopin and the revolutionary inspiration, force and vigour of his Polonaise in A flat major Fryderyk Chopin was born on 22 February 1810... Continue reading
Turning Slavery Into Art by Fred Voss “This is slavery,”Armando on the old manual milling machine saysand smileshis ironic smileas all the shop machinists fire up their... Continue reading
Mike Wayne weighs the influence of Marxism on film culture Marxist filmmakers, Marxist-influenced culture and Marxist theory, have all had a huge influence on world film culture... Continue reading
Peephole by Owen Gallagher, with image by Jon Addison When a Conservative candidate callsRuth wears a blue rosette. When a Labour candidate knocksshe reaches for red. If... Continue reading
Knight of the Gutter (aka Iain Duncan Smith’s Got a Knighthood) by Alan Morrison The media smeared Jeremy Corbyn for good,Ensured a catastrophic election result,A thumping majority... Continue reading