Culture
‘A Lad’s Love’: New CD sings of an era of suppressed homosexuality
June 4, 2021Brian Giebler is the new tenor on the block, announcing himself in his stunning début CD release as the torch-bearer, with a shock of headcurls, for a new generation of homophile British composers.
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A love letter to the working class
June 2, 2021One simple act of kindness has snowballed into an avalanche of goodwill for thousands across the globe.
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Hilton Obenzinger’s ‘Witness 2017-2020’: Witness for the prosecution
June 2, 2021'Witness 2017-2020' is a powerful work from the heart and mind, a chronicle of the Trump and Plague Years.
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Varieties of working-class women: ‘Wanted,’ ‘Bitter Daisies’ and ‘Mare of Easttown’
June 1, 2021In large parts of the world, anywhere between 50 and 70% of women are now actively engaged in the workplace. Most earn less than men, and many perform the essential service and caring jobs that keep...
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The Paris Commune: ‘In future we will turn the guns on you’
May 28, 2021The Communards, who knew nothing but violence and exploitation, wished for peace and spared their enemy. Yet history necessitates the unequivocal assumption of political power under penalty of defeat.
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