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
Oxford Union and 'free speech'
29 Nov 2007
The decision by the Oxford Union debating society to give a platform to BNP leader Nick Griffin and holocaust denier David Irving provoked national controversy. James Turley digs through it all and argues for a particular application of the 'no platform' tactic
A load of old Balzac
15 Nov 2007
Is there such a thing as a 'Marxist art'? James Turley takes issue with Hillel Ticktin
Zoological determinism
08 Nov 2007
Gerry Downing takes a closer look at the latest musings of George Monbiot
Bleak white paper
01 Nov 2007
The White paper on NUS governance in brief
Fight for NUS democracy
01 Nov 2007
If the left wants to defeat the NUS bureaucracy in its attempt to abolish the last vestiges of democracy in the student union, our campaign against the attacks must say more than just 'no'. Communist Students member Tina Becker reports
Ozone man joins rogues' gallery
18 Oct 2007
Simon Wells examines why Al Gore was awarded the Nobel prize
From must-see to snore-fest
18 Oct 2007
The 51st annual London Film Festival opens this week with a plethora of films from around the world. Jim Moody reviews a selection from the 270 feature films and shorts that will be screened up to the end of this month
Straw men and solitary revolution
04 Oct 2007
The 'high modernism v improvisation' debate represents a false dichotomy, writes Wieland Hoban
Ungreen American
04 Oct 2007
Environmentalists around the world were less than impressed by president George Bush's speech at the major economies' meeting on energy, security and climate change last week. Simon Wells comments
Challenging the commodity form
27 Sep 2007
The intermediary terrain that Wieland Hoban claims musicians should inhabit in order to "engage with the world" does not exist, argues Gordon Downie
Class cookery
20 Sep 2007
Lawrence Parker reviews Nigella Express (BBC2 Mondays, 8pm)
Passing exams and changing the rules
13 Sep 2007
All students should read Bertell Ollman's How to take an exam and remake the world (Black Rose Books), says Benjamin Edgar Klein
More of the same
13 Sep 2007
Around 100 students gathered at London's School of Oriental and African Studies on Saturday September 8 for what was billed as a student Stop the War "conference". Nick Jones reports
Idols and demons
13 Sep 2007
In the saga surrounding Madeleine McCann, the British media is trying to convince us that the nuclear family is the one remaining haven in a cold world and that the Portuguese police, not being British, must be somehow uniquely incompetent or corrupt. Eddie Ford comments
Wanted - working class morality
06 Sep 2007
Eddie Ford comments on the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool