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
Around the web: Moving left
30 Oct 2003
Phil Hamilton looks at George Monbiot's website
Arnie's total recall
16 Oct 2003
Jem Jones comments on Arnold Schwarzenegger becoming the new Republican governor of California
Napster: old and new
24 May 2001
The Socialist Alliance?s general election manifesto makes clear that New Labour ?excludes millions from cultural participation while promoting a corporate-dominated arts and leisure industry?. In other words culture is a site for struggle. As James Bull explains, that includes the global music industry
Eradicated from history
15 Mar 2001
Nikolai Roslavets Piano trios Nos 2-4 Trio Fontenay, Teldec, £10 (full price), 72 minutes, DDD
Shostakovich
21 Dec 2000
Revolutionary life, revolutionary legacy
Harry’s game
16 Dec 1999
Party notes
Don’t blame the mirror
02 Dec 1999
David Fincher Fight Club USA 1999
British imports
02 Dec 1999
Jack Conrad reviews 'Leave to remain', written by Leon London and directed Lisa Goldman (Battersea Arts Centre, until December 12, £8 or £5 concessions)
Fear of darkness
25 Nov 1999
James Robertson reviews 'The Blair Witch Project' (USA 1999), directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez
Hero and criminal
14 Oct 1999
Ian Mahoney reviews ‘Redemption song: Muhammad Ali and the spirit of the sixties’ by Mike Marqusee (London 1999, pp310, hbk, £17)
Communist culture
23 Sep 1999
Phil Watson reviews ‘A weapon in the struggle: the cultural history of the Communist Party in Britain’ by Andy Croft (Pluto Press 1998, pp218, £14.99)
Masterpiece of the coded message
09 Sep 1999
James Robertson reviews ‘Journey to the sun’ by Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey/Germany 1999, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Turkish with English subtitles
The right to think
19 Aug 1999
Riot no answer
24 Jun 1999
Anarchist protest struck a chord - with bourgeois liberals
Demon drugs and Dallaglio
27 May 1999
Communists are for a rational approach to recreational drug use