Culture

A compassionate and inspiring film about the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco.

Filed in: Film

What if the Germans had invaded the Welsh valleys during the Second World War?

Filed in: Film

Maria Golia experiences beautiful music and blunt talk at a Cairo gathering.

Filed in: Culture Egypt Music

From the frontline of the struggle for social justice come some riveting reads, as Tim Gee discovers.

Filed in: Culture

In fact, says Zoe Cormier, it’s part of the problem – and a key component of a failing economic model.

Filed in: Activism Economics Film Politics

The British sculptor, whose naked form has been cast and displayed across the world, speaks to Libby Powell about masculinity, movement and the adventure of being human.

Filed in: Art Culture

The children’s author, poet and playwright reflects on London riots and the Pied Piper.

Filed in: Fiction

Feature films can tell us much about the cultural background to recent events in North Africa and the Middle East. Malcolm Lewis has been watching some of them.

Filed in: Egypt Film Iran

Director Céline Sciamma doesn’t shy away from harsh realities, yet Tomboy is still a trusting gem of a film.

Filed in: Film

The Faithless guitarist tells Giedre Steikunaite why all music is political.

Filed in: Music

Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India’s anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy.

Filed in: Fiction India