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An artist’s pledge to boycott Israel

13 October 2021 / 311

Dave Lordan adds his support to the boycott of apartheid Israel I am proud to be among the many Irish and Ireland-based artists from across creative disciplines... Continue reading

Dave Lordan

Cultural Commentary

Anxious Corporals: Fran Lock interviews Alan Morrison

30 August 2021 / 286

Fran Lock interviews Alan Morrison about Anxious Corporals, a polemical and poetic history of post-war working-class culture, which can be ordered here Fran Lock: Hi Alan, thanks for... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Cultural Commentary

Look! It’s a Woman Writer! Irish Literary Feminisms, 1970-2020

9 July 2021 / 319

Jenny Farrell reviews a new book on the fight to write by women writers in Ireland And perhaps, before literature dies, there will come a day when... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Cultural Commentary

In defence of the cultivated imagination: An appreciation of Tommy Jackson

15 May 2021 / 334

Mike Sanders presents an appreciation of Tommy Jackson Thomas Alfred “Tommy” Jackson (1879 – 1955) has been described as “the most brilliant proletarian intellectual to come out... Continue reading

Mike Sanders

The chronology of revolution: Communism, culture, and civil society in 20th century Britain

15 May 2021 / 345

Ben Harker introduces his new book, The chronology of revolution: Communism, culture, and civil society in 20th century Britain Continue reading

Ben Harker

Cultural Commentary

Radical, subversive circus and cultural change

8 February 2021 / 320

Kimberley Reynolds describes how radical and transgressive circuses in twentieth-century children’s literature make the case for social and personal transformation. Above image: Family of Saltimbanques by Pablo Picasso, 1905 The... Continue reading

Kim Reynolds

Cultural Commentary

Popular culture, Brexit and One Nation Toryism

14 December 2020 / 291

Jim Aitken describes how so much of popular culture reflects and legitimises the values of the Tories and the ruling class. Image above: Downton Abbey There was... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Cultural Commentary

Culture is Bad For You

25 November 2020 / 321

Mike Quille interviews Mark Taylor, co-author of Culture is Bad For You, by Orian Brook, Dave O’Brien and Mark Taylor, published by Manchester University Press. Q. The usual... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Cultural Commentary

No Home for You Here: an interview with Adam Theron-Lee Rensch

4 November 2020 / 365

Mike Quille interviews Adam Theron-Lee Rensch about his new book No Home for You Here: A Memoir of Class and Culture Q. Can you tell us about... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Cultural Commentary

An interview with Julia Bell

28 October 2020 / 306

Fran Lock interviews Julia Bell Background Julia Bell is a writer and Reader in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London, where she is the Course Director... Continue reading

Fran Lock

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