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
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
Exciting, historical, tearful
09 Sep 2021
Gaby Rubin reviews 'Summer of soul (or When the revolution could not be televised)', Ahmir Thompson (director) general release
Masks for Freedom Day
15 Jul 2021
Derek James has no time for the government’s mixed messaging or Starmer’s constructive opposition
What did England expect?
15 Jul 2021
Following narrow defeat at the hands of Italy, the meaning of it all is being hotly fought over. Paul Demarty urges the left to think beyond gesture politics
A troublesome princess
01 Jul 2021
On July 1, the estranged princes, William and Harry Windsor, together with members of the Spencer family, will gather in the grounds of Kensington Palace to unveil a statue in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, by Ian Rank-Broadley. Commissioned in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of her death on August 31 1997, the unveiling coincides with what would have been her 60th birthday. Here we republish what Jack Conrad wrote for this paper on September 4 1997
No-platforming fraud
24 Jun 2021
Government proposals for legislation to ‘protect free speech’ in universities are part of the ongoing culture wars designed to please the rightwing press, argues Mike Macnair. This article is adapted from his June 20 Online Communist Forum talk
Dim end of the wedge
24 Jun 2021
The buffoonery of GB News’s first weeks should not be confused with failure, warns Paul Demarty
Paralysis of ruling elite
17 Jun 2021
The linkage between a frozen constitution, democratic decline and sexual rigidity is subtle yet powerful, argues Daniel Lazare
Lots of grassy knees
17 Jun 2021
Is the English football team in the grip of a Marxist conspiracy? Paul Demarty considers the ‘taking the knee’ controversy
Diana and the demagogues
27 May 2021
Why the furore over an ancient interview? Paul Demarty looks at the renewed attacks on the BBC
That was the league that wasn’t
29 Apr 2021
Defeat of the European Super League project is welcome, but redeeming football will take imagination, suggests Paul Demarty