Blog – Page 94 – Culture Matters

Angels and Demons: one must subdue the other

24 March 2019 / 433

Sean Ledwith reviews Angels and Demons, by Tony McKenna, a collection of essays on artists, writers and politicians written from a historical materialist perspective. The role of... Continue reading

Sean Ledwith

Cultural Commentary

The Gentrification of Culture

20 March 2019 / 349

Deirdre O’Neill and Mike Wayne discuss the decline and colonisation of working-class culture, introduce The Acting Class and call for culture to be at the cutting edge of counter-hegemonic... Continue reading

Deirdre ONeill and Mike Wayne

Cultural Commentary

Silenced voices from the margins: Irish working-class writing

14 March 2019 / 459

Jenny Farrell reviews a new anthology of working-class writing A History of Irish Working-Class Writing, edited by Michael Pierse (CUP 2017) is a book to be greatly welcomed. It... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Butcher’s Dozen: Bloody Sunday, 47 years on

14 March 2019 / 477

Jenny Farrell protests the decision only to charge one paratrooper, and introduces extracts from Thomas Kinsella’s poem, Butcher’s Dozen Shock and disbelief is the reaction of most... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

IWD 2019: Eighteen working women poets

8 March 2019 / 383

In honour of International Women’s Day, Jane Burn and Fran Lock present a free downloadable collection of poems from eighteen working women poets. IWWD_Eighteen_.pdf Continue reading

Fran Lock and Jane Burn

Education

Thou Shalt Teach Revolution

7 March 2019 / 520

Jane Rosen writes about revolutionary children’s literature, based on the recent book she co-edited with Kimberley Reynolds and Michael Rosen, Reading and Rebellion: an Anthology of Radical... Continue reading

Jane Rosen

Education

Don’t Shoot Your Class!

7 March 2019 / 417

Jane Rosen introduces ‘Don’t Shoot Your Class!’, by Tom Anderson, first published in The Revolution, June 1918. It is extracted from Reading and Rebellion, an Anthology of... Continue reading

Jane Rosen

Cultural Commentary

IWD 2019: Pioneers of Women’s Emancipation in Ireland

7 March 2019 / 402

To mark International Women’s Day, Jenny Farrell reviews Pioneers of Women’s Emancipation in Ireland, by Priscilla Metscher Since times immemorial, people involved in the struggle for a... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Music

The Making of a Two Tone Nation

7 March 2019 / 359

40 years on, Mark Perryman celebrates the release of the debut single from The Specials On the 3rd May 1979, Margaret Thatcher leads the Tories to a crushing... Continue reading

Mark Perryman

Cultural Commentary

‘So now yir tellt!’: the life and work of Alex Hamilton

1 March 2019 / 315

David Betteridge discusses the life and work of Alex Hamilton, 1949-2018. It is a companion piece to Jim Aitken’s essay-obituary of Tom Leonard. I This is not a... Continue reading

David Betteridge

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