GDR/East German banknote featuring Thomas Müntzer All but unknown in the Western narrative, the radical German theologian, preacher, and revolutionary Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489–1525) became one of... Continue reading
Workers, by Peter Kennard By Alan McGuire About a year ago, I was struggling to find a home for my poetry, it felt like most of the... Continue reading
JMW Turner’s Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and the Dying – Typhoon Coming On by Nick Moss 2024, Keir Scammer railed against those populists who were “smashing... Continue reading
Children in Gaza waiting to be served food Republished from Media Lens BBC News regularly proclaims its supposed editorial principles of fearless, independent, impartial, fair and accurate... Continue reading
El Sueño Existe 2025: 6th and 7th September, Machynlleth, Wales SY20 8ER www.elsuenoexiste.com for tickets (now on sale) and programme info 2005 saw the very first El... Continue reading
Amanda Seyfried as a working-class cop in Long Bright River By Dennis Broe There are some hits, some misses and some mixed series coming audiences’ way this... Continue reading
Social media, commons image by Alan McGuire In an age where the media is defined by algorithms, the rise of figures like Andrew Tate is no accident.... Continue reading
By Alan McGuire When Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out onto the Vatican balcony in 2013, the world was already in crisis: ecological breakdown, rising inequality,... Continue reading
The stunt man’s fall, in Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff by Nick Moss A new website will tell the story of Liverpool through the lives of... Continue reading
Jon Baldwin reviews Can Working Class Culture be Knowledge? by Stefan Szczelkun, Routine Art Co., London 2025 Through a discussion of aspects of working-class culture, this book... Continue reading