Society & Culture > Media, arts & sport
Günter Grass and the German neurosis
19 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski looks at a literary scandal and the bourgeoisie's attempt to cope with its past
A manufactured illusion
04 May 2023
Today’s monarchy is not a precious inheritance dating back to the Saxons. It is a product of the mass media, argues Paul Demarty
Victory for pundits’ union
16 Mar 2023
The BBC’s brief ‘free speech’ war with Gary Lineker shows up its own institutional weakness - and the strange moral situation of football itself - argues Paul Demarty
Farewell to an inspiration
26 Jan 2023
Obituary: Gustav (Schlacke) Lamche, director and producer for Cinema Action, August 25 1933-January 15 2023
Armbands and alienation
01 Dec 2022
With the competition now well under way, Paul Demarty examines the clash between soft-focus liberalism and Qatari feudal values
A tournament to remember
17 Nov 2022
Corruption, brutal exploitation, hypocrisy: Qatar 2022 has it all. Paul Demarty looks at the price of football
Trauma, terror, war and peace
03 Nov 2022
Jim Moody reviews Causeway (directed by Lila Neugebauer, distributor: Apple TV) and Butterfly vision (directed by Maksym Nakonechnyi, distributor: MUBI)
Master of ‘artistic subversion’
22 Sep 2022
Obituary: Jean-Luc Godard, December 3 1930-September 13 2022
A disaster predicted
16 Jun 2022
Gaby Rubin reviews 'Dictating to the estate' written by Nathaniel McBride, directed by Lisa Goldman and Natasha Langridge, performed at the Maxilla Social Club
Enlightenment and pure joy
09 Jun 2022
Judy Carousian reviews 'Compass and Moshé Machover' by Helena Aksentijevic (YouTube, 2022)
Pissing on the parade
19 May 2022
Paul Drummond explores, celebrates and urges on the hissing, the booing, the barracking, the loathing of HRH William Windsor and all he stands for by Liverpool fans
Two souls of big money
12 May 2022
Todd Boehly’s consortium and the deal to buy Chelsea FC for £4.25 billion reveals the menace threatening the beautiful game, argues Paul Demarty
From right to right
27 Jan 2022
Yassamine Mather investigates some of the well-paid ‘independent’ experts and journalists who constantly appear in the western media
Class struggle and sport
13 Jan 2022
David John Douglass reviews 'Colliers: Northumberland’s pitmen and their Football League team' by Jon Tait (Rough Badger Press, 2021, pp171, £7)
Long march of censorship
28 Oct 2021
Paul Demarty looks at recent attacks on free speech in the name of combatting offence, real or imagined
Prince over the water
14 Oct 2021
The takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s MBS highlights the contradictory position of fans in modern football, says Paul Demarty