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Callout for short stories from the Morning Star

14 September 2024 / 429

Andy Hedgecock introduces a callout for short stories. Image above: not Lenin writing flash fiction, but Lenin in Smolny, by Isaac Brodsky, 1930 (detail) Photo: Tretyakov Gallery/CC In the summer... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Theatre

A hopeful vision of human renewal: the theatre of Seán O’Casey

14 September 2024 / 623

The anniversary of Seán O’Casey’s death falls on 18th September. He was the first English-speaking dramatist of international significance to emerge from the proletariat. His proletarian consciousness... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

‘The School on Seaside Lane’: An interview with film-maker Carl Joyce

12 September 2024 / 481

Mike Quille interviews Carl Joyce, maker of the award-winning short film The School on Seaside Lane. Below is the trailer… What inspired you to create ‘The School on... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Films

‘A powerful political statement about the betrayal of the working class’: Review of ‘The School on Seaside Lane’

12 September 2024 / 450

Jack Clarke reviews the short film The School on Seaside Lane, directed by Carl Joyce ‘Our only hope for history is for the memories to last.’ This... Continue reading

Jack Clarke

Cultural Commentary

Cultural heritage and cultural democracy

12 September 2024 / 477

Richard Penderyn outlines some of the current problems in the heritage industry, and some ways of introducing cultural democracy Heritage and the historic environment in the UK... Continue reading

Richard Penderyn

Poetry

The Harlot & The Rake

9 September 2024 / 401

Fran Lock introduces The Harlot & The Rake by Peter Raynard, a new pamphlet from Culture Matters which is free to download below, with donation if possible. The front... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Fiction

Culture Matters Presents: Charlie Hill & Wayne Dean-Richards Double Header

8 September 2024 / 442

Culture Matters are proud to present an online prose double-header featuring the writerly talents of CM stalwarts Wayne Dean-Richards & Charlie Hill. Charlie will read from his... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Books

Sapling & Wood

8 September 2024 / 448

Red in tooth and claw: that is one way of characterising nature, but by no means the only way. Dog eat dog: that is one way of... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Poetry

Two poems for students, by Jenny Mitchell

7 September 2024 / 438

Image above by Chad MCail Abecedarian for Higher Education A news account some years ago said several Bereaved parents formed a group,Commissioned a report into studentDeaths. Why... Continue reading

Jenny Mitchell

Cultural Commentary

What’s the source of alienation? Jim Aitken reviews ‘Soil and Soul’ by Alistair McIntosh

7 September 2024 / 578

Soil and Soul was first published in 2001 and it was a thoroughly well-received book. In his Foreword to it, George Monbiot described it as ‘a ground-breaking... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

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