Blog – Page 45 – Culture Matters

Culture is ordinary: One hundred years of the Beeb

17 October 2022 / 469

From Daleks to Strictly, Mark Perryman explores the meaning of the BBC at 100 For decades those of us of a certain age have been able to measure... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

Poetry

Nine Propositions Regarding Capitalist Politics

16 October 2022 / 354

Nine Propositions Regarding Capitalist Politics by David Betteridge For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken…–... Continue reading

David Betteridge

Poetry

Not Going Home – ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’

15 October 2022 / 342

Not Going Home – ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ * by Mark Cassidy It is not done, they said,to chain yourself to palace railings.Go breaking window glassor hatchet works... Continue reading

Mark Cassidy

Poetry

Blind Spot

15 October 2022 / 374

Blind Spot by Paul Francis She’s had to ditch that school job, which she loved;some supermarket shifts will pay the bills. She’s haunted by the story of... Continue reading

Paul Francis

Poetry

A Blakean Radical: R.I.P. Niall McDevitt, poet 22 February 1967-29 September 2022

11 October 2022 / 463

Almost incomprehensibly, radical poet, psychogeographer, poetry historian, activist, visionary and devout Blakean, Niall McDevitt, passed away on Thursday 29 September 2022 at just 55 years of age.... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Poetry

‘Borrowed Rainbows’ and ‘Tobacco Wrappers’: two new poems by Alan Morrison

10 October 2022 / 348

Borrowed Rainbows For Niall McDevitt (above), poet and republican22/02/1967 – 29/09/2022 The day Elizabeth Windsor passedA double rainbow was visibleArcing over Buckingham Palace—Supposedly a benevolent omenOf transformation,... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Poetry

Whit Pelé said tae Ali

9 October 2022 / 421

Whit Pelé said tae Ali by Jim Aitken Ach, big man, Ah’m fair chuffedtae see ye so Ah am. Ah’ve luvedthe wey ye deal wi the mediya... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Cultural Commentary

What’s the point of art?

28 September 2022 / 336

What purpose do the arts serve today? The arts – Music, literature, painting, sculpture, dance etc. – represent vibrant aspects of human culture. They don’t provide us... Continue reading

John Green

Theatre

Cock-a-doodle Dandy, by Sean O’Casey

28 September 2022 / 506

Seán O’Casey’s best known and arguably most controversial plays are his early Dublin plays about Ireland’s revolutionary years between 1916 and 1923. Less known and performed are... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Sport

Commonsense socialism: Liverpool, Shankly and solidarity

24 September 2022 / 494

The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

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