Society & Culture
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
Abolish the House of Lords
30 Jul 1998
The rebellion in the House of Lords against a government amendment to equalise the age of consent for gays and heterosexuals demonstrates why the working class must become the champion of democracy
Police shift on Lawrence
25 Jun 1998
‘Race relations’ row
Youth section stillborn
18 Jun 1998
Simon Harvey of the SLP
World Cup chauvinism
18 Jun 1998
Rioting England fans have set back Labour’s ‘Cool Britannia’ project
No politics please, we’re Bullites
11 Jun 1998
Around the left
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
Breaking imperialism’s rules
04 Jun 1998
India and Pakistan
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
His way to reaction
28 May 1998
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
Profiting from crime
28 May 1998
Let them eat tacks
14 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
Cold War babies
07 May 1998
Phil Watson reviews ‘Children of the revolution - communist childhood in Cold War Britain’ by Phil Cohen
State attacks right to think
07 May 1998
There is a hidden agenda of censorship behind the chorus of outrage over the Mary Bell biography
Blair touts for business
02 Apr 1998
The de-Labourisation of Labour continues