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Barbara Windsor stands besides Queen Elizabeth II behind a pub counter

Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

As privately educated stars like Olivia Coleman and Andrew Garfield continue to infiltrate Hollywood, shows for and by regular people are being axed, writes Polly Smythe.

Feature: Against All Odds, Brent Council Is Investing in Its Artists

Juliet Jacques

Only 8% of film and TV professionals come from the working class, according to new stats. One of London’s most deprived boroughs wants to change that by paying artists to work in its studios, writes Juliet Jacques.

A person wearing a face mask sits at a passover seder table holding a sign that reads 'my jewish family wants palestinian families to be safe'

Feature: Young Jews Are Sick of Being Lied to About Israel

Rivkah Brown

For decades, diaspora Jews have been raised to believe in Israel. A new documentary tracks their loss of innocence, writes Rivkah Brown.

a family plays in their garden, with children playing in the swimming pool as adults watch on. behind the wall, tall grey blocks loom

Review: The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep

Feature: Argentina Wants to Whitewash Its Military Junta. Unfortunately, There’s Video Evidence

Juliet Jacques

After 38 years gathering dust in an archive, Ulises de la Orden has returned to the footage of the trial of Argentina’s military junta, at a time when the country most needs to see it, writes Juliet Jacques.

Novara FM: Why Posh People Have Bad Taste

Taste may be subjective, but there's no accounting for it. Critic Nathalie Olah on normcore, hoodies and the Kardashian mansion.

a man looks at the camera while holding a pink balloon besides his face with the face of Yasser Arafat on it

Long Read: Palestinian Satirical Cinema Has the Last Laugh

Juliet Jacques

The works of Elia Suleiman and David Osit capture the numbness produced by decades of occupation and in so doing offer an antidote to it, writes Juliet Jacques.

A white man with short white hair wearing a brown sweater and striped brown and beige scarf and oval shaped glasses speaks into a shotgun microphone

Long Read: Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema

Juliet Jacques

The exiled Chilean documentary-maker has been capturing successive waves of revolution and rebellion in his home country for over four decades, writes Juliet Jacques – and contributing to them through art.

Novara FM: Crossing the Class Divide

What happened to social mobility? Lynsey Hanley tells Juliet Jacques about becoming middle class.

ACFM: Trip 36: Festivals

Jem, Nadia and Keir argue over the political meaning of festivals, from Stonehenge to Castlemorton.

A security guard patrols a 6-foot high grey security wall

Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks

Rivkah Brown

Across London, cash-strapped councils are signing away people’s gardens to entertainment mega-corporations – forcing small community groups to take action. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

The ex-Labour MP turned V&A director removed three works about trans people from the museum. It’s giving Section 28, argues Vic Parsons.

A tower block in the background with a black sign in the foreground reading 'Barbican'

Report: Barbican Forced to Apologise for Silencing Palestinians

Rivkah Brown

BREAKING: The Barbican cultural centre has apologised after one of its staffers advised a Palestinian speaker to avoid talking at length about Palestine – an intervention it has since described as “unacceptable”. Rivkah Brown reports.

Downstream: This Man Predicted the Future. Aaron Bastani Meets Peter Turchin

History is not just one thing after another. Historians spend lifetimes figuring out how X event in medieval France impacted Y event in 20th century Polynesia – but none of these historians have truly ‘done the math’ like this week’s guest. Coming from a background in applied mathematics, Peter Turchin has gathered an unprecedented amount […]

a woman with bleached blonde hair, red lipstick and black sunglasses is foregrounded with a trans flag in the background

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Why, asks Amardeep Singh Dhillon, do we reduce trans and minority rights to questions of culture as if their impacts weren't grimly material?

ACFM: Trip 32: Myth

Keir, Nadia and Jeremy consider the stories we just can't shake, from Oedipus to Brexit.

Tag: culture

Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

Feature: Against All Odds, Brent Council Is Investing in Its Artists

Juliet Jacques

Review: The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep

Juliet Jacques

ACFM: Microdose: Aliens on Screen

Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties

Feature: Argentina Wants to Whitewash Its Military Junta. Unfortunately, There’s Video Evidence

Juliet Jacques

Novara FM: Why Posh People Have Bad Taste

Long Read: Palestinian Satirical Cinema Has the Last Laugh

Juliet Jacques

ACFM: Trip 36: Festivals

Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Report: Barbican Forced to Apologise for Silencing Palestinians

Rivkah Brown

Downstream: This Man Predicted the Future. Aaron Bastani Meets Peter Turchin

ACFM: Trip 32: Myth

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Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

Feature: Against All Odds, Brent Council Is Investing in Its Artists

Juliet Jacques

Feature: Young Jews Are Sick of Being Lied to About Israel

Rivkah Brown

Review: The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep

Juliet Jacques

ACFM: Microdose: Aliens on Screen

Novara FM: The Nasty Noughties

Feature: Argentina Wants to Whitewash Its Military Junta. Unfortunately, There’s Video Evidence

Juliet Jacques

Novara FM: Why Posh People Have Bad Taste

Long Read: Palestinian Satirical Cinema Has the Last Laugh

Juliet Jacques

Long Read: Aged 82, Patricio Guzmán Is Still Making Revolutionary Cinema

Juliet Jacques

Novara FM: Crossing the Class Divide

ACFM: Trip 36: Festivals

Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Why Is Tristram Hunt Afraid of Trans Books?

Vic Parsons

Report: Barbican Forced to Apologise for Silencing Palestinians

Rivkah Brown

Downstream: This Man Predicted the Future. Aaron Bastani Meets Peter Turchin

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

ACFM: Trip 32: Myth

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