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.
Tag: culture
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
ACFM: Microdose: Strikes on Screen
From blacklisted Hollywood dramas to bawdy British comedies, ACFM goes to the movies.
Opinion: The Most Pointless Twitter Discourses Of 2022
Moya Lothian-McLean
For all the complaints of Twitter’s early death, a hell of a lot of us have remained sadly logged on.
ACFM: Trip 28: Horror
What can horror teach us about the nature of the universe? A Halloween Trip with ACFM.
ACFM: Trip 27: Magic
The revolution will be manifested. Keir, Nadia and Jeremy investigate magic, with music from Siouxsie, Queen and The KLF.
Opinion: NFTs Are Just the Latest Example of Rich People Loving Ugly Shit
Rachel Connolly
Rich people have always bought ugly stuff, writes Rachel Connolly - it's what you do when you have more money than sense. The fact that normal people do too is the real mystery.
Downstream: Why Are All the Baddies Disabled?
From ancient myths through to the Batman trilogy, pop culture is littered with disabled people and those with facial differences being cast as villains. Why does disability feature so heavily in literary and cinematic traditions, and how has this hypervisiblity had the ironic effect of erasing the experiences of disabled people? Ash Sarkar is joined […]
Analysis: Dave’s Latest Album Demands That Black British Music Be Taken Seriously
Kojo Koram
On his latest album, We're All Alone In This Together, rapper Dave makes a compelling case for why Black British music should be approached with the same intellectual rigour as the great guitar albums of the past.
Opinion: The North Has Always Been at the Cutting Edge of Culture
Kojo Koram
Forget the stereotypes, red wall voters aren’t inherently culturally conservative. The north has always pioneered culture.