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
Human contradiction
10 Oct 1996
From the debate surrounding the novels of Irvine Welsh, Phil Rudge argues that under today’s cultural conditions only artists who choose the lines of most resistance are able to even approach a committed literature
Radical pioneers
26 Sep 1996
Phil Watson reviews Beat, Rhymes and Life, by A Tribe called Quest (Jive CD)
Folk enters Britpop
19 Sep 1996
Eddie Ford reviews Norma Waterson by Norma Waterson (Hannibal/Ryhodisc, 1996)
Dangerous desires
19 Sep 1996
Crude attempt
12 Sep 1996
Breon James reviews Independence Day (directed by Roland Emmerich, 1996)
Action sundered
12 Sep 1996
Helen Ellis reviews Judith, a parting from the body, by Howard Barker (Battersea Arts Centre)
Anti-propaganda propaganda
05 Sep 1996
Helen Ellis reviews the new Labour exhibition (Riverside Artists Group, Riverside Studios Gallery)
Exciting encounters
22 Aug 1996
Phil Rudge reviews solo guitar improvisations 1975-1977 (Domestic and public, CD, Emanem 1995) and Improvisation: its nature and practice in music (The British Library, 1992, 2nd ed) by Derek Bailey
Exotic squatters
25 Jul 1996
Breon James reviews White unto harvest by Mavis Howard, directed by Lisa Goldman
Fragmented lives
18 Jul 1996
Breon James reviews Fargo by Joel and Ethan Coen, at selected cinemas
Follow that car
11 Jul 1996
Car, a touring production from the Cholmondeleys. Performed outdoors at sites around the UK until August 25
Three lions on your shirt
04 Jul 1996
Artistic poverty for capitalism’s sake
04 Jul 1996
First modern sport
27 Jun 1996
Phil Rudge reviews Anyone but England - cricket and the national malaise by Mike Marqusee, (Verso Press 1995, pp273)
Murder and smiles
27 Jun 1996
John Craig reviews Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine