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Benjamin and Brecht: The Story of a Friendship

12 December 2016 / 395

Nick Wright reviews Benjamin and Brecht: The Story of a Friendship, by Erdmut Wizisla. The diverse appropriations of Walter Benjamin – the cultural theorist and critic — of his... Continue reading

Nick Wright

Religion

When Karl Marx Practised Buddhism

10 December 2016 / 399

Adrian Chan-Wyles discusses some links between Marxism and Buddhism. ‘It is a question of spirit which creates itself out of nothing, hence it is a question of... Continue reading

Adrian Chan-Wyles

About us

Welcome to Culture Matters

14 November 2016 / 414

Welcome to Culture Matters I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Visual Arts

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Heretical, Subversive and Revolutionary

10 November 2016 / 392

A radical cultural struggle against the established order: Mike Quille reviews the Caravaggio exhibition at the National Gallery. Curators sometimes overuse the word revolutionary when promoting exhibitions... Continue reading

Mike Quille

About us

Support Culture Matters

8 November 2016 / 509

Culture Matters Co-Operative Ltd has been running now for over 5 years. We continue to manage this website; run Bread and Roses Arts Awards; publish books and pamphlets;... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Cultural Commentary

Consume and create: the cultural policy of the Cuban Revolution

8 November 2016 / 374

Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt traces the contours of cultural policy in Cuba since the Revolution. On 26 July 1953, a group of young Cubans attacked two of the army... Continue reading

Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt

Films

I, Daniel Blake demands a political response

2 November 2016 / 310

Professor Mark Stephens argues that the underlying solution to the misery inflicted on the characters portrayed in David Loach’s film lies in reforming policy, not charity. Ken... Continue reading

Mark Stephens

Poetry

as if they are normal folk

2 November 2016 / 302

as if they are normal folk by Jane Burn Shops. Imagine them wanting shops. Wanting to buy stuff as if they are normal folk. Wanting to be... Continue reading

Jane Burn

‘That’s Capitalism!’ Football, Fighting and Fashion

1 November 2016 / 330

Martin Cloake interviews Phil Thornton, author of Casuals: Football, Fighting and Fashion – The Story of a Terrace Cult. Phil Thornton’s book Casuals is an insightful cult... Continue reading

Martin Cloake

Poetry

Poets Exploding Like Bombs: poems from the Spanish Civil War

1 November 2016 / 427

To mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, and in memory of the British and Irish International Brigaders who wrote poems and... Continue reading

Mike Quille

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