Nick Wright reviews South Africa: The Artof a Nation Filmgoers of a certain age will remember the 1964 film Zulu, which shows a group of British soldiers... Continue reading
A radical cultural struggle against the established order: Mike Quille reviews the Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery. Curators sometimes overuse the word revolutionary when promoting exhibitions... Continue reading
Professor Mark Stephens argues that the underlying solution to the misery inflicted on the characters portrayed in David Loach’s film lies in reforming policy, not charity. Ken... Continue reading
as if they are normal folk by Jane Burn Shops. Imagine them wanting shops. Wanting to buy stuff as if they are normal folk. Wanting to be... Continue reading
To mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, and in memory of the British and Irish International Brigaders who wrote poems and... Continue reading
Via email interview, Robb Johnson introduces his new album and talks about politics, protest music, and plum pudding. Q. Can you tell us something about your new... Continue reading
‘the bravest of the brave’ by Fran Lock We will never again – in any future conflict – let those activist, left-wing human rights lawyers harangue and... Continue reading
Steve Presence looks at the way space, class and masculinity are represented in two films directed by Shane Meadows. Introducing his book Cinematic Countrysides (2007), Robert Fish... Continue reading
Following her appearance on the In Our Time radio programme discussing Orwell’s Animal Farm, Professor Mary Vincent reflects on its powerfully written but fundamentally untruthful and simplistic... Continue reading
Graham Stevenson reviews the recent In Our Time radio programme about George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Melvyn Bragg’s discursive radio series, In Our Time, recently considered Orwell’s Animal... Continue reading