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Your Solidarity be Praised: Review of ‘The Orgreave Stations’ by William Hershaw

26 May 2024 / 473

Jim Aitken reviews The Orgreave Stations by William Hershaw, illustrated by Les McConnell, some of whose images in the book accompany this review ‘The Orgreave Stations’ , published... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

the drone

26 May 2024 / 320

the drone by Martin Hayes first it came in the idea of a big balloonthe way the wind could pick it upmove it across the battlefieldbefore its... Continue reading

Martin Hayes

Films

An anti-war movie of compassion and kindness: a review of ‘The Invasion’ by Sergei Loznitsa

26 May 2024 / 410

Sometimes, documentaries work better than fiction. This is certainly the case with Sergei Loznitsa’s new film, The Invasion. Loznista was born in Belarus, grew up in Ukraine,... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Eating & Drinking

Recognise the union and bring in the punks! The future of Brewdog

24 May 2024 / 443

Is there a way forward for Brewdog? James Watt has stood down as CEO of Brewdog after seventeen years. He has become ‘captain’ and a non-executive Director.... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Poetry

Sinking in the Rain

24 May 2024 / 347

Forced to work in the rain unnecessarily? Join a union! – TUC Sinking in the rain by Stuart McFarlane I wonder, now, if Rishimight rue the day,... Continue reading

Stuart McFarlane

Fiction

East German Literature: Challenges and Triumphs in Cultural Recognition

21 May 2024 / 501

Germany’s minister of state for culture, the senior Green politician Claudia Roth, one of the almost exclusively West German-born government officials, voiced her surprise at a recent... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

Telling the same story over and over: Hollywood remakes of British films

20 May 2024 / 375

Jon Baldwin and Brett Gregory review ‘Hollywood Remakes of Iconic British Films: Class, Gender and Stardom’, by Agnieszka Rasmus, (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) ‘I can always take it... Continue reading

Jon Baldwin and Brett Gregory

Poetry

Working Till We Drop

9 May 2024 / 351

Working Till We Drop by Fred Voss, with image from Les McConnell I am pouring water from a faucet into a bucketto mix it with the coolant... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Cultural Commentary

Terry Eagleton: Where Does Culture Come From?

7 May 2024 / 491

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

Terry Eagleton

Music

Grup Yorum – On the Move

7 May 2024 / 513

Grup Yorum on the move Grup Yorum are an ensemble I have deeply admired for many years, and even had the privilege to bring them to Britain... Continue reading

Ben Lunn

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