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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
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
New cricket test
27 May 1999
Juxtaposition
20 May 1999
Courtney Pine Band at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Guns, bombs and workers’ control
06 May 1999
Unlikely martyrdom
11 Feb 1999
Maurice Bernal examines the implications of the Hoddle affair
Moralism and morality
04 Feb 1999
Jack Conrad reviews 'You’ll have had your hole', written by Irvine Welsh and directed by Ian Brown (Astoria 2, London, February 2 - March 27, Mondays to Thursdays £14.75, Fridays to Saturdays £16.75, cons £10)
Under the censor’s knife
20 Aug 1998
Art of revolution
30 Jul 1998
Lisa Goldman, artistic director of the Red Room, spoke at Marxism 98 earlier this month. Here we present edited highlights
World Cup chauvinism
18 Jun 1998
Rioting England fans have set back Labour’s ‘Cool Britannia’ project
Hatching a conspiracy
11 Jun 1998
Every Sunday until June 28 there is an explosive happening of music, poetry, film and performance at the Battersea Arts Centre running under the title ‘Conspiracy’. But, say its organisers, this is only the beginning. They want to create a new counter-culture, a theatre fit for the 21st century. Jack Conrad spoke to one of its founders and main movers Tam Dean Burn
Theatre of dissent
04 Jun 1998
Jack Conrad reviews 'Seeing Red - part two', May 26 - June 14, Battersea Arts Centre, directors Lisa Goldman and Deborah Bruce
Profiting from crime
28 May 1998
Reviving the political
07 May 1998
‘Seeing red’ is a festival of new political plays sponsored and produced by the multi-award winning Red Room. It brings together 16 of the most interesting and thought-provoking voices in British theatre, among them Peter Barnes, Kay Adshead, Judy Upton and Roddy McDevitt. Marking the 30th anniversary of the revolutionary situation in France and the 1st anniversary of the New Labour government, the season is designed to bring the political back into theatre. Jack Conrad spoke to Lisa Goldman, the Red Room’s artistic director