Harley Filben

Latest articles by Harley Filben

Messiahs and money men

Harley Filben reviews Denis Villeneuve (director) Dune: part two 2024, general release

Prom and prejudice

As the BBC finally agrees to allow a select group of vocalists to sing ‘Rule, Britannia!’ and ‘Land of hope and glory’, Harley Filben takes stock of musical nationalism

A game of thrones

Harley Filben mourns the loss of Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet.

There will not be blood

Harley Filben reviews: Gareth Edwards (director), Rogue one: a Star Wars story, general release

Saint Bob’s bauble

Dylan’s Nobel prize has little to do with him, and more to do with the flagging artistic establishment, argues Harley Filben

Skewered by moralism

An old-fashioned tabloid scandal? Harley Filben looks at the Keith Vaz affair

Artists and bureaucrats

Censorship in the name of public order must be opposed, argues Harley Filben

Stealing back the game

As the World Cup begins in earnest, Harley Filben examines the tense political background

From the web team

The CPGB's techies introduce our paper's new website

Storm clouds over Sochi

Harley Filben on the intersection of sport and Vladimir Putin's reactionary-populist agenda