The Arts for All
In the best of the party’s traditions, Labour’s manifesto for this election promises to open up the arts to those from all backgrounds – breaking a cycle which increasingly restricts cultural expression to an elite.
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Juliet Jacques
Juliet Jacques is a writer and filmmaker whose new short fiction collection The Woman in the Portrait is out now.
Poetic Politics
South American poet Néstor Perlongher’s work imagined a solidarity based on “a multitude of comrades, each more extravagant than the next.”
The Return of Rafael Alberti
The leftist poet Rafael Alberti was forced into exile by Franco, but his determination to return symbolised the hopes of the Spanish Republic.
Starlets of the Revolution
João Moreira Salles’ In The Intense Now shows how the revolutionaries of the sixties used — and were used by — the media.
Ernst Toller: In Memoriam
As a socialist playwright, revolutionary president, and exile from the Nazis, Ernst Toller’s life and work demonstrated the importance of conviction in creativity.
Mario Mieli’s Gay Communism
As the LGBT community makes progress on legal rights, its politics are haunted by those who asked more radical questions.