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
In this instalment of the Our Culture Series, writer and artist Stefan Szczelkun traces the hidden history of how radical working-class culture. From the Chartists to rave... Continue reading
In this issue of Our Culture, series editor Alan McGuire reflects on the BBC’s historical role and explores how decades of mismanagement and market-driven objectives have reshaped... Continue reading
Mike Quille continues the ‘Our Culture’ series with a summary of the Culture Matters mission; an overview of the general problems in cultural provision, defined broadly to... Continue reading
In our ongoing Our Culture Series, we examine how art and media reflect, and too often distort, the realities of working-class life in Britain. In this essay,... 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
As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about why film matters, by Deirdre O’Neill. Why... Continue reading
Next up in our series of short films about culture and cultural democracy is a film by Martin Cloake on football, followed by the text of his... Continue reading
Theresa Easton, Northern Organiser for Artists’ Union England, shows how the Covid crisis should be tackled by applying the principles of cultural democracy. The image above is... Continue reading
Natalie Fenton points to the need for less concentrated ownership and more democratic control of the media, in the wake of the Covid-ap pandemic. The media are vital... Continue reading