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
Strike back against the empire
16 Sep 2010
Place newspapers in the hands of journalists and printworkers, demands James Turley
Trouble in the fourth estate
09 Sep 2010
Murdoch, Coulson, et al are being handled with kid gloves, writes James Turley
The noble savage and colonialism
09 Sep 2010
Films like Avatar represent a racist ideological assault, writes James Devine
Coal and Clausewitz
05 Aug 2010
Lawrence Parker reviews Nina Fishman's 'Arthur Horner: a political biography' (Vol 1 1894-1944; Vol 2 1944-68), Lawrence and Wishart, 2010, pp608, £22.50 each
Liquid research
29 Jul 2010
David Douglass reviews Mike Pentelow and Peter Arkell's 'A pub crawl through history: the ultimate boozers' Who's who' Janus, 2010, pp368, £16.99
Philistinism of cuts
15 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert warns of increased corporate involvement in the arts
Reclaim the game
24 Jun 2010
A festival of sporting genius, or an incitement to chauvinism? James Turley looks at the contradictions of the football extravaganza
Agitprop anarchism
06 May 2010
Nick Rogers witnesses mock executions and maypole dancing
Subtle messages
08 Apr 2010
A Hopi member reviews Jafar Panahi's film Offside
Wiping away a tear
25 Mar 2010
Charlie Pottins reviews Shappi Khorsandi's A beginner's guide to acting English London 2009, pp330' £11.99
Storms and teacups
25 Feb 2010
Both the media and bourgeois politicians want us to concentrate on personal strengths and weaknesses. But that is not the main issue, argues James Turley
When the sweets were taken away
18 Feb 2010
Craig Wilson reviews David Douglass's The wheel's still in spin : Read and Noir : 2009, pp466, £12.95
Who will build the nation?
18 Feb 2010
Alan Fox reviews Clint Eastwood's 'Invictus' (on general release)
In the very fabric of art
21 Jan 2010
In his rejection of practice that prioritises cooperation over competition, Hans Werner Henze conspires with a system he claims to oppose, writes Gordon Downie
Delusion, distractions, dialectic
14 Jan 2010
Mike Belbin reviews James Cameron's new blockbuster 'Avatar'