By Stefan Szczelkun It was a pragmatic thought. Could working-class artists be made more visible in the world through using published books? Could they slip onto the shelves... Continue reading
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Category: Cultural Commentary
Continuing the Our Culture series, John Pateman exposes the hidden class politics of Britain’s public libraries. Far from being neutral spaces of learning, he argues they were... Continue reading
In our ongoing Our Culture Series, we examine how art and media reflect, and too often distort, the realities of working-class life in Britain. In this essay,... Continue reading
Our Culture is a new series from Culture Matters exploring the relationship between culture and capitalism through a Marxist and dialectical lens. The series investigates how capitalism... Continue reading
A Brief History of Sentimentality, Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-1-3994-21881-1, £20 Soft is both a hard and a slippery book to review. It is interesting, though, to observe Ferdinand Mount, third Baronet... Continue reading
By Lydia Unsworth There are flags all over the high street. Union Jacks, St George’s flags, and ones printed with text such as VE Day and VJ... Continue reading
Gaza: The Story of a Genocide, edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro. Verso, 2025 By Jon Baldwin In a recent paper, Pre-Emptive/ Neo-Fascist Capitalism, Marxism and... Continue reading
By Nick Moss We started a poetry and open mic night at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, London NW8 after we organized a “farewell festival” for Smokestack... Continue reading
The Rich and the Poor, by Ignacia Ruiz Jim Aitken reviews four new poetry books Culture Matters have four poetry collections that all seem to have forms... Continue reading
By Nick Moss Denni Turp’s collection opens with a quote from Rosa Luxemburg: “The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is... Continue reading
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