“Education is, before everything else, the process of giving to the ordinary members of society its full common meanings, and the skills that will enable them to amend these meanings, in the light of their personal and common experience.”
Raymond Williams, ‘Culture is Ordinary’
Culture is indeed ordinary, it includes most human activities: the arts, religion, sport, science and technology, TV/ radio and other media, the internet, eating and drinking, etc. etc. All of these topics have political dimensions involving struggles and negotiations over meanings and values. On this hub are articles on cultural activities apart from the arts, which are to be found on the arts hub, surprisingly enough.
Dennis Broe reviews The Way. Above image: Owen brandishing King Arthur’s sword – Mandalorian much? “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” about-to-be-fired news... Continue reading
Dr. Fran Lock, shortlisted for the 2023 TS Eliot Poetry Prize, writes about ACE’s recent advice to cultural organisations, and the recent pamphlet Class And Culture: Provocations For... Continue reading
There are always calls from the right to defund the British Broadcasting Company but they are now being joined by calls from the left as well, as... Continue reading
The CPB recently published a short pamphlet with brief essays or ‘provocations’ on a sample of cultural activities, which is available to download below. Here, Jim Aitken... Continue reading
Mark Perryman argues that Dad’s Army was the most popular front of them all U-Boat Captain Your name will go on the list! Vot is it? Mainwaring Don’t tell... Continue reading
Tim Martin, the public face of Wetherspoons, was given a knighthood in the NewYear Honours list. Officially this was for his services to the hospitality industry. Reports... Continue reading
Dennis Broe gives us a brief tour of Vienna: its history, museums and galleries. Above image: the restored Wien Museum, site of a city grappling with its... Continue reading
Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Matthew Alford, Lecturer in Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (UK) BG: Hi, this is the UK Desk for... Continue reading
A simple four-part television series, Mr. Bates vs The Post Office, has prompted the head of that agency to give back her title as a CBE (Commander... Continue reading
On Wednesday, 30 October 1929, the following article was published in the German Frankfurter Zeitung, translated into German by M. Schillskaya from a Soviet newspaper. The original... Continue reading