Blog – Page 112 – Culture Matters

Workers’ Play Time: progressive political drama

3 October 2017 / 707

Doug Nicholls introduces a great new collection of political plays. Trade union struggles over the years have inspired some of our greatest playwrights. They have also inspired... Continue reading

Doug Nicholls

Visual Arts

Never again war: the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz

2 October 2017 / 388

Jenny Farrell introduces the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz, one of Germany’s greatest artists and sculptors, who produced unforgettable images of the violence, injustice and crimes against... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Eating & Drinking

The Moral Economy of the Price of a Pint: For the Many, not the Few?

2 October 2017 / 308

Keith Flett outlines how market capitalism undermined the principle of a fair price for a pint of beer. The price of a pint of beer, or perhaps... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Poetry

National Poetry Day: Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion

27 September 2017 / 329

Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion by Fran Lock Malkin Sacred, not wise, the black cat’s acidcasualty stare, traversing a crumblingcul-de-sac, under a starlessly inkjet sky.We cross each... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Fiction

Witness to the Revolution

23 September 2017 / 369

John Ellison sketches out the life of Maxim Gorky, the righteous, relentless witness of the revolution who evoked the wretchedness and terror of living under Tsarist violence.... Continue reading

John Ellison

Music

A Manifesto for a Choir

19 September 2017 / 346

Boff Whalley from the Commoners Choir was interviewed recently in the Morning Star. Here, he describes the background to the choir’s manifesto. ‘Surrealism asserts our complete nonconformism... Continue reading

Boff Whalley

Poetry

Plagiarism and the Privatisation of Poetry

12 September 2017 / 414

The Guardian recently ran an article on plagiarism in poetry by Will Storr. Andy Croft, author of two very widely read and influential articles on Culture Matters, The Privatisation of Poetry and Poetry Belongs to... Continue reading

Andy Croft

Sport

Football from Below

8 September 2017 / 317

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football criticises the commercialisation of football, and explores the possibilities of fan culture as a social movement. During the international break, a mini-spat... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

Poetry

The Trouble with Monsters

2 September 2017 / 362

The Trouble with Monsters by Chris Norris Quick way with monsters: send a hero outFor mortal combat: sometimes he’ll prevailAnd kill the beast, while other times he’ll... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Eating & Drinking

Fast Food Fury: time to overhaul our takeaway culture

31 August 2017 / 425

Sarah Alderton gives a clear and detailed account of how the profit motive affects our culture of eating and drinking. Fat, salt and sugar are used to make... Continue reading

Sarah Alderton

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