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Class struggle in the New Testament

25 May 2020 / 410

Robert Myles shows how historical materialism explains the origins of Christianity “The history of the world is but the biography of great men,” wrote nineteenth-century historian Thomas... Continue reading

Robert Myles

Poetry

Canzone to an Underground Flow

22 May 2020 / 303

Canzone to an Underground Flow by Jane Burn There is a river underfoot. The road bearsabove it, thickly set. Every while, a squareof red-iron drain, skidded worn... Continue reading

Jane Burn

Poetry

Red Biddy

21 May 2020 / 281

Red Biddy by Fran Lock red biddy, noun, a mixture of cheap wine and methylated spirits. biddy, noun, of unknown origin; probably influenced by the use of biddy denoting an Irish maidservant, from Biddy,... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Fiction

The Gael becomes Irish: the long-term consequences of colonisation

19 May 2020 / 356

Jenny Farrell reviews Tomás Mac Síomóin’s The Gael Becomes Irish: An Unfinished Odyssey, Nuascéalta, 2020. “The Gael Becomes Irish”is Tomás Mac Síomóin’s latest publication, and it continues... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Science & Technology

Science in a time of pandemic

15 May 2020 / 478

Helena Sheehan continues the Culture Matters and Morning Star series on the Covid-19 crisis and various cultural activities, by looking at its effect on science. Photo: Dave... Continue reading

Helena Sheehan

Visual Arts

The three wise monkeys: rich, powerful and extremely alert……

11 May 2020 / 349

…except to the cry of the poor. Continue reading

Martin Gollan

Fiction

Charles Dickens and working-class literature

11 May 2020 / 338

Jenny Farrell discusses Charles Dickens, the first English novelist to put ordinary people at the heart of the story This month marks the 150th anniversary of the... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Almarks: Radical Poetry from Shetland

9 May 2020 / 366

Jim Mainland introduces a new anthology of radical poetry from Culture Matters What is radical poetry? And can it change anything? The poems in ‘Almarks’ are radical... Continue reading

Jim Mainland

Visual Arts

The arts, trade unions, and working-class identity

5 May 2020 / 412

Anthony D. Padgett reflects on the arts, trade unions, and working-class identity “Hold tight” I call as we ride on my vintage motorcycle through the steep terraced... Continue reading

Anthony D. Padgett

Cultural Commentary

After the pandemic, culture should not be the same again

3 May 2020 / 352

Jack Newsinger continues the series, jointly published on Culture Matters and the Morning Star, on the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on culture, sketching out what needs... Continue reading

Jack Newsinger

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