Commons image By Dennis Broe One strand of the American character, popularized by America’s first novelist James Fenimore Cooper, is that of the rugged but honest pioneer,... Continue reading
Credit: Lance Skundrich/Riot Games By Jack Clarke The first PC I owned came from the back room of Bowlers Market in Manchester, rammed into a grey box... Continue reading
Buy the book here By Bernadette Hyland The Mary Quaile Club was set up in 2013 to remember a working- class woman who dedicated her life to... Continue reading
Our Culture Series Editor Alan McGuire talks to writer and musician Lydia Phillips about her role on the World Transformed Organising Committee 2025, where she was responsible... Continue reading
Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd during the 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. Image: Public Domain By Geoff Bottoms Terry Eagleton suggests that... Continue reading
Waiting for the Out By Dennis Broe The BBC’s production of its six-part series Waiting for The Out seems to address not only its past failings in... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture Dennis Broe explores the world of AI which is often presented as neutral, but is in fact being shaped by corporate... Continue reading
Image: Wikimedia Commons By Leila d’Aronville Recently, I’ve noticed posts and conversations where people express disillusionment with how we talk about the region and what it means... Continue reading
Image: Working-class Writers’ Collective By Jake Trelease In a rainy morning in 1954, Sid Chaplin climbed out of the pit and handed Raymond Williams a letter: ‘just... Continue reading
Image: Wikimedia Commons By Jim Aitken It is a real pity that Erich Fromm was not around to psychoanalyse Donald Trump. The only terms that have been... Continue reading