Blog – Page 52 – Culture Matters

Leonardo da Vinci

13 April 2022 / 355

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian painter, engineer, inventor, and scientist was born 570 years ago, on 15 April 1452. He embodied in many ways the High... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Bucha

12 April 2022 / 345

Bucha by Lisa Kelly The man who confronted the tank captured by drone footage. His hands held up.His wife in the front seat, his child in the... Continue reading

Lisa Kelly

Music

Culture for All: Why Jazz Matters

11 April 2022 / 315

As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about jazz written by Chris Searle,... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Poetry

Chip Shop & Battlefield – An Obituary of Socialist Poet and Mental Health Activist David Kessel (10th April 1947 – 8th March 2022)

10 April 2022 / 327

It is with deep sadness that I write of the death of lifelong poet, mental health activist, and dear friend, David Kessel, who passed away on 8th... Continue reading

Alan Morrison

Fiction

Culture for All: Why Children’s Literature Matters

10 April 2022 / 392

As part of the Culture for All series we’re proud to present a short film about children’s literature by Kim Reynolds, followed by the text of her... Continue reading

Kim Reynolds

Sport

Culture for All: Why Football Matters

8 April 2022 / 401

Next up in our series of short films about culture and cultural democracy is a film by Martin Cloake on football, followed by the text of his... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Poetry

Fog and Slaughter: Two poems on the war in Ukraine

8 April 2022 / 339

Fog by Rip Bulkeley We have to know. Brave journalistsboth risk and lose their lives for that.But information managersare too strong for them. They flood uswith lies... Continue reading

Rip Bulkeley

Films

Not so Black and White: Belfast in the 1960s

8 April 2022 / 370

Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin reviews Kenneth Branagh’s recent film Belfast For those not familiar with the vicissitudes of Northern Ireland, Kenneth Branagh’s 2021 film Belfast may not give one a full idea... Continue reading

Caoimhghin O Croidheain

Fiction

The purest light attracts the most impenetrable darkness: Hex, by Jenni Fagan

3 April 2022 / 396

Jim Aitken reviews Hex, by Jenni Fagan, published by Birlinn There can be little doubt that part of the success of Jenni Fagan’s previous novel, Luckenbooth (2021),... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

Siege

3 April 2022 / 351

Siege by Rip Bulkeley ‘Wars are fought to change the enemy’s mind’. – Liddell Hart The grandchildren of the mass killers of Dresden,Coventry, Tokyo, and Leningrad, leave... Continue reading

Rip Bulkeley

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