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
Grief at gunpoint
15 Apr 2021
The coverage of Philip Windsor’s death has reached new heights of absurdity, even for British royals, argues Paul Demarty
Uyghurs: why now?
18 Mar 2021
Are the Chinese guilty of ‘genocide’? Daniel Lazare looks behind the wall-to-wall propaganda
Attack on right to report
17 Dec 2020
Bernard Mattson investigates the charges against Julian Assange and finds them wanting
Prodigal son departs
06 Aug 2020
James Murdoch’s departure from his father’s media empire puts the spotlight once again on its political evolution, writes William Kane
The show must go on
19 Jun 2020
As things restart in England, a new stage in the game’s financialisation is about to begin, argues Paul Demarty
The old and the new
28 May 2020
A sharp decline in newspaper print circulation raises questions about the power of the media, argues William Kane
Crisis at the top
23 Feb 2020
Paul Demarty asks what the expulsion of Manchester City from Europe means for a sport married to mega money.
Optimism of the intellect ...
09 Jan 2020
Review: The responsibility of intellectuals: reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years, edited by Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight and Neil Smith (UCL Press 2019, pp142, £13.80)
A game of thrones
20 Sep 2019
Harley Filben mourns the loss of Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet.
Russiagate and what it says about America
16 Aug 2019
The US is in decline, writes Daniel Lazare, and making matters worse it is saddled with an antiquated constitution.
Fetishising the web
27 Jun 2019
The left needs a comprehensive, partyist approach to media, argues Paul Demarty
Silencing the right will be followed by silencing the left
25 Apr 2019
Yassamine Mather looks behind the social media bans imposed in the name of ‘democracy’
Explorations of inequality
21 Feb 2019
Andrea Levy: March 7 1956 - February 14 2019
Art for our class
17 Jan 2019
Mike belbin reviews Christine Lindey Art for all: British socially committed art from the 1930s to the cold war Artery Publications, 2018, pp240, £25
Sport and common endeavour
29 Nov 2018
Is there something more to chess than the desire to win? Peter Manson thinks there is