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
Apocalypse: cop-out or engagement
07 Jan 2010
Jim Moody reviews 'The day of the Triffids' (BBC1, December 28-29, Roland Emmerich (director), 2012 general release; Nick Copus (director)
Blind, dumb logic of capitalism
07 Jan 2010
James Turley reviews Mark Bould's and China Miéville's new book 'Red planets: Marxism and science fiction' (Pluto, 2009, pp293, £19.99)
A northern giant
03 Dec 2009
David Douglass reviews Keith Armstrong's 'Common words and the wandering star' University of Sunderland Press. pp296, £7.95
Football fan nationalism and ‘anti-fascist’ theatre
05 Nov 2009
Melvin Dawson witnesses collaboration between the UAF and the police
Uncanny detective story
05 Nov 2009
James Turley reviews China Miévilles The city and the city London 2009, pp312, £17.99
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)