Nigel Falange MP. He’s ditched the Gieves and Hawkes country squire Master of the Hunt outfit because that race has been won. The “man of the people”... Continue reading
Below is an edited version of the interview. Brett: Hi. What’s your name, where do you live, and when, and why, did you first become interested in... Continue reading
In the closing Winter Lecture for the London Review of Books, Terry Eagleton discusses the origin and uses of culture. Half-way through the piece, Fran Lock and Alan... Continue reading
Jon Baldwin and Brett Gregory analyse Labour’s Plan for the Arts, Culture and Creative Industries On the 13th March 2024 Bracknell News reported that Sir Keir Starmer... Continue reading
Jon Baldwin reviews the new book by Gregor Gall, Mick Lynch: The Making of a Working-Class Hero (Manchester University Press, 2024) Mick Lynch is a 60-year-old London... Continue reading
Sean Ledwith introduces his new book The past is never dead. It’s not even past. – William Faulkner The essays are written in the spirit of Leon Trotsky’s... Continue reading
Peaceweavers – Peacemakers, peace activists and radical advocates for justice. Is a peaceful world achievable? Are war and conflict an inevitable part of human nature – or... Continue reading
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. – W.H. Auden, First Things First, 1956 If we regard the British Isles as a body of nations then... Continue reading
Dr. Fran Lock, shortlisted for the 2023 TS Eliot Poetry Prize, writes about ACE’s recent advice to cultural organisations, and the recent pamphlet Class And Culture: Provocations For... Continue reading
The CPB recently published a short pamphlet with brief essays or ‘provocations’ on a sample of cultural activities, which is available to download below. Here, Jim Aitken... Continue reading