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
Politicising the Olympics?
21 Feb 2008
The renewed furore over China's hosting the 2008 summer Olympics says more about the bourgeoisie than Beijing, argues James Turley
Epic film
31 Jan 2008
Chris Strafford reviews Warren Beatty's Reds (Paramount DVD, 186 minutes, �19.99)
Too enigmatic?
31 Jan 2008
Mike Belbin reviews Joel and Ethan Coen's No country for old men - on general release
Saving culture from capitalism
31 Jan 2008
The dispute over cuts in Arts Council funding demonstrates the baleful influence of capitalism on culture, argues James Turley
A 'people's' tragedy
06 Dec 2007
Lawrence Parker reviews Ben Harker's Class act: the cultural and political life of Ewan MacColl Pluto Press, 2007, £15.99, pp360
A load of old Balzac
15 Nov 2007
Is there such a thing as a 'Marxist art'? James Turley takes issue with Hillel Ticktin
From must-see to snore-fest
18 Oct 2007
The 51st annual London Film Festival opens this week with a plethora of films from around the world. Jim Moody reviews a selection from the 270 feature films and shorts that will be screened up to the end of this month
Straw men and solitary revolution
04 Oct 2007
The 'high modernism v improvisation' debate represents a false dichotomy, writes Wieland Hoban
Challenging the commodity form
27 Sep 2007
The intermediary terrain that Wieland Hoban claims musicians should inhabit in order to "engage with the world" does not exist, argues Gordon Downie
Class cookery
20 Sep 2007
Lawrence Parker reviews Nigella Express (BBC2 Mondays, 8pm)
Inspired flashes, mainstream values
09 Aug 2007
Jeremy Butler reviews Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
Quixotic windmills
02 Aug 2007
Is the detailed notation of musical composition more democratic than free improvisation? Composer Wieland Hoban responds to Gordon Downie's article, 'Art and commodification'
Art and commodification
26 Jul 2007
The working class must have access to the most advanced and sophisticated means of cultural production, argues composer Gordon Downie
From mighty messiahs to mere mortals
21 Jun 2007
Superheroes like Batman and Spiderman mean lucrative movies and reviews in The Times and The Guardian. Yet the very first superhero, Superman, was invented by two working class teenagers during the depression. Mike Belbin looks at the development of the genre and what it may tell us about its makers and audiences
Politics and lure of fame
07 Jun 2007
George Binette finds Julian Temple's film about The Clash frontman Joe Strummer engrossing, but occasionally cringe-inducing