Music of the people: Doo Wop
Mitch Mitchell introduces a new series of playlists of 'music of the people'. He starts this week with Doo Wop.
The Politics of Monsters
Caliban's Revolt celebrates the capacity of the monster to terrorise the powers that be.
Review: Sorry We Missed You
Colin Revolting reviews director Ken Loach's latest film, which centres on the family of two workers in the gig economy
Joker and the Mask of Poverty
Caliban’s Revenge asks who is behind the Joker's mask and who should be scared.
Ken Loach, sex work and paternalism
Ken Loach is widely acclaimed for his uncompromising and cutting portrayal of the realities of poverty in his films, but Kate Bradley argues his depictions of sex work fall short.
Film review: For Sama
A documentary film charts the siege of Aleppo and represents a new addition to the depressingly growing genre of 'genocide documentaries'.
Review: Stolen Moments
Mark Winter welcomes a new exhibition celebrating Namibia's unsung musical heroes, and remembers the time when the artist Jackson Kaujewa came to stay with his family.
The Making of a Revolution: Art from Sudan
Allan Struthers reflects on a recent exhibition co-hosted by rs21 and the Sudan Doctors' Union.
revolutionary reflections | Theatre of the Oppressed as a political method
Sophie Coudray introduces the work of the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal and the potential of its method for revolutionary praxis.
Move On Up. Curtis Mayfield – Music and message
Emerging from the civil rights movement in the USA, Curtis Mayfield is one of the best exponents of radical soul music and his music lives on, as remembered by John Wheeler.