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
By Geoff Bottoms In applying the Jewish and Christian scriptures to contemporary social and political issues, the various churches recognise that the origins of the teachings... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture, Composer Ben Lunn discusses how working class people are often priced out of careers in classical music, how geography can make... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture, Geoff Bottoms examines the Church as a cultural and political institution, tracing the gap between the radical inclusivity of the early... Continue reading
Vienna City Hall Christmas Market By Dennis Broe Vienna has been voted the world’s most livable city for a long time, and although it still maintains that... Continue reading
Jesus casting out the money changers from the Temple by Giotto, 14th century By Geoff Bottoms Just as the late Pope Francis completed the apostolic exhortation that... Continue reading
The Picasso of our game By Mark Perryman OK England’s relationship with European football didn’t exactly begin well, in1955, the first European Cup. Chelsea, the First Division champions,... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture, we turn to the prison system, one of the most hidden yet culturally rich spaces in Britain. Often seen only as... Continue reading