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Miss Una Marson Speaks

20 February 2024 / 331

Miss Una Marson Speaks by Jenny Mitchell Call me glutton as I gorged on every English word – a book-mad child in Santa Cruz, Jamaica – my... Continue reading

Jenny Mitchell

Films

My Favourite Cake

19 February 2024 / 412

My Favourite Cake, the story of an elderly divorcée looking for love, could be seen as just a bittersweet crowd-pleasing romantic comedy. What happens in this movie... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Poetry

Winding Back

19 February 2024 / 362

This poem is about The Winding House museum in New Tredegar in the Valleys (see above), built on the site of the Elliot colliery. It is due... Continue reading

Mike Jenkins

Visual Arts

Art, colonialism and change: ‘Entangled Pasts’ at the Royal Academy

19 February 2024 / 392

Nick Moss reviews Art and Colonialism: Entangled Pasts 1768 – Now, Royal Academy of Arts to 29 April 2024 The premise of this exhibition is, according to... Continue reading

Nick Moss

Films

Small Things Like These

18 February 2024 / 370

Wonderfully adapted from the Claire Keegan’s novel, ‘Small Things Like These’, directed by Tim Mielant, is a strong film, emotional, radical and deep. It explores the infamous... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Visual Arts

Electoral extinction for the Tories? It’s just around the corner

18 February 2024 / 409

Martin Gollan

Books

Money and Blood

18 February 2024 / 451

Anyone familiar with Wayne’ Dean-Richards’ work will recognise the themes in Money & Blood, chief among them being, as the title suggests, money and blood. The corrupting... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Cultural Commentary

The need for counter-currents: ‘Class and Culture’, by the Communist Party of Britain

18 February 2024 / 361

The CPB recently published a short pamphlet with brief essays or ‘provocations’ on a sample of cultural activities, which is available to download below. Here, Jim Aitken... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Visual Arts

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

13 February 2024 / 401

Nick Moss reviews Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., at the Serpentine South Gallery to 17 March 2024. Above image: Installation view, photo by George Darrell... Continue reading

Nick Moss

Poetry

AI, machines and humans: Two poems by Martin Hayes

13 February 2024 / 401

Here are a couple of poems from a new collection by Martin Hayes for Smokestack Books, called Machine Poems. the definition of a machine something that is made... Continue reading

Martin Hayes

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