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art \ Author: Chiraz Aich \ Author: Esther Carrera \ Review \ V &A
Disobedient Objects, an Archeology of the people’s struggles
by Esther Carrera (words). and Chiraz Aich (pictures) It is the first week of January, and its back-to-work, back to reality. And, we may wonder if there is any good news? Well, […]
Author: Jen Izaakson \ Film \ Review
Review: Nightcrawler, a fantastic rendering of capitalism
by Jen Izaakson The Nightcrawler works as a contemporary insight into working conditions in the post-economic crisis West, one still reeling from the 2008 crash. Lou Bloom (Jake Gyellenhaal) relentlessly […]
Author: Louis Bayman \ Book review \ Books \ Fascists \ History \ immigration \ Refugees \ Review
Book review: Beaten But Not Deafeated
Book Review of Beaten but not Defeated: Siegfried Moos – A German Anti-Nazi who Settled in Britain by Merilyn Moos. Chronos Books, Winchester 2014. £17.99 by Louis Bayman You might […]
art \ Author: Louis Bayman \ Camden \ Camden Market \ grafitti \ The Real Art of Protest
Exploring Camden Market’s Street Art
Louis Bayman takes a guided tour of some of Camden’s street art. “It was activism that got me here. Too much of entertainment is a factory world. I attended protests […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Film \ LGBT \ Miners' strike \ Pride \ Review \ trade unions
Review: Pride – a brilliant, feel good story
Review of Pride, out today, by Jim Jepps. For people of my generation The Miners’ Strike of 1984 was a defining moment. For good and ill, it shaped our ideas and […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Book review \ Dear Nora \ Julie Bindell \ LGBT
Dear Nora: I read a book by Julie Bindel… and I liked it
Dear Nora, I have a very delicate and personal problem, please help me, I’m desperate. You see, it all started when I was looking for some holiday reading. On a […]
Author: Natalie Bennett \ Kilburn \ Review \ The Kilburn Passion \ Tricycle theatre
Review: The Kilburn Passion
by Natalie Bennett (a version of this article first appeared at blogcritics) Kilburn is a marginal area of London – on the edge, with lots of people living life on […]
Author: Merilyn Moos \ Football \ Review \ Sport \ Spurs \ Tottenham theatre \ War \ WWI
Review: ‘The Story of Walter Tull’
by Merilyn Moos A remarkable and poignant production of ‘The Story of Walter Tull’ was put on by the newly formed Tottenham Theatre (dir. Lynda Brennan), in partnership with the Bruce […]
Author: Hope Liebersohn \ Miners' strike \ Review \ Theatre \ trade unions
Review: Wonderland
by Hope Liebersohn Beth Steel was the daughter of a Nottinghamshire miner, and her play about the miners’ strike of 1984-5 at the Hampstead Theatre in Swiss Cottage runs until […]
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