Blog – Page 118 – Culture Matters

Unsettling art for unsettling times

10 January 2017 / 339

Sanjiv Sachdev reviews Exhibit A, a witty and politically subversive exhibition of mask images of celebrities by Hugh Tisdale and Dan Murrell. ‘Fame, puts you where things... Continue reading

Sanjiv Sachdev

Visual Arts

John Berger: an appreciation

4 January 2017 / 493

David Betteridge offers an appreciation of the late, great John Berger. There are some authors whose way with words not only reflects a way of living, but... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Visual Arts

A smuggling operation: John Berger’s theory of art

3 January 2017 / 532

For the late John Berger, art criticism was a revolutionary practice. The following article by Robert Minto, outlining Berger’s theory of art, is republished with the kind permission... Continue reading

Robert Minto

Books

The Earth and the Stars in the Palm of Our Hand

22 December 2016 / 367

Poems by Fred Voss £5.99 (plus £1.50 p&p) 48 pp ISBN 978 1907 464102 I want to change the world, I want to strike the spark... Continue reading

Fred Voss

Books

Slave Songs and Symphonies

22 December 2016 / 312

Poems by David BetteridgeDrawings by Bob Starrett £5.99 (plus £1.50 p&p) 48 pp ISBN 978 1907 464164 Slave Songs and Symphonies is an ambitious, beautifully crafted collection of... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Division of Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health

Eating & Drinking

A Culture of Overconsumption: Portion Control

12 December 2016 / 405

It seems apt, in the midst of the festive season – a holiday typified by consumption to excess of all sorts of goods, after all – to... Continue reading

Emma Boyland

Cultural Commentary

Decoding the Culture of Capitalism

12 December 2016 / 382

Nick Wright reviews Neoliberal Culture, edited by Jeremy Gilbert, a challenging collection of essays which exposes the ideological and cultural project behind neoliberalism. Capitalist realism is a... Continue reading

Nick Wright

Visual Arts

Cuimhneachain nan Gaisgeach – Remembering the Heroes

12 December 2016 / 327

The dire accommodation situation in London may seem a long way from the situation in Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, 150 years ago. Not so, explains Matt Bruce,... Continue reading

Matt Bruce

Fiction

End of Thrones

12 December 2016 / 384

Tony McKenna argues that the historical necessity embedded in the story and characters of Game of Thrones means that there is only one way it can end. Winter... Continue reading

Tony McKenna

Visual Arts

South Africa: The Art of a Nation

12 December 2016 / 381

Nick Wright reviews South Africa: The Artof a Nation Filmgoers of a certain age will remember the 1964 film Zulu, which shows a group of British soldiers... Continue reading

Nick Wright

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