Introduction The rapid spread of the science-based Enlightenment (c1687-c1804) across Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a cause of much dismay to the reigning monarchies... Continue reading
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In the ancient world it tended to be the most trusted slaves who were put in charge of the care and service of the wine cellar. The... Continue reading
What purpose do the arts serve today? The arts – Music, literature, painting, sculpture, dance etc. – represent vibrant aspects of human culture. They don’t provide us... Continue reading
the limits of (my) sympathy by Fran Lock, with image above by kennardphillips exhorted to remember her humanity, as if humanity itself were some vaguely miraculous quality,... Continue reading
This book, edited by Gregor Gall, is both a timely and ambitious work that seeks to take Scotland further forward along the road to self-determination. It is... Continue reading
Our final video in our ‘Culture for All‘ series of short films, sponsored by the CWU, features Professor Selina Todd talking about why culture matters. Why Culture... Continue reading
Over the last year Culture Matters has been commissioning a series of short films about cultural democracy, called culture for all. The films cover a range of... Continue reading
My maternal grandmother passed away at 2 am on February 14, 2022. For her funeral, I went to Bihar where my grief was socialized among the many... Continue reading
2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Scots Language Society, set up to encourage and promote the use of Scots Language. In 2021 a... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell pays tribute to Tomás Mac Síomóin and reviews From One Bright Island Flown – Irish Rebels, Exiles,and Martyrs in Latin America, Nuascéalta, 2022 Tomás Mac Síomóin... Continue reading
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