Exhibition Review Exhibition Review An artist of his time Bernadette Hyland sees the directness and accessibility of KEITH HARING’S art as an important tool for communicating social and political messages to the widest of audiences
Book Review Arts | Tuesday 30th Jul 2019 Book Review Well-observed narrative of Irish arrivals post-WWII leaves out instances of fightback
Features | Tuesday 23rd Jul 2019 Why Manchester activists are taking to the rooftops in Oldham to stop arms sales to Israel
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich Anguished testimonies of children who survived the nazi onslaught on the USSR
Fiction Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Fiction Review Distant Signs by Anne Richter Novel explores the mindset of the younger generation in the GDR
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review Labour Women in Power by Paula Bartley Account of the only five women to achieve Cabinet posts in Labour governments up to 1997
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review Revelatory socialist herstory BERNADETTE HYLAND recommends a book exploring the experience of ‘Second World’ women in the struggle for global equality
Monday 22nd Apr 2019 The NHS is a crucial part of a civilised society Bernadette Hyland talks to veteran communist and healthcare campaigner FRANCES HOOK
Theatre Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Review The Secret Garden, Salford Arts Theatre Classic children's novel gets an excellent adaptation by Salford Theatre Company
Film Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Film Review I, Dolours A new documentary is a vivid reminder of the armed struggle in Ireland and beyond during the 1970s
Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review: Eugene V Debs: A Graphic Biography A graphic reminder of a US labour movement pioneer inspires
Friday 08th Mar 2019 International Women's Day The women who stood up for their pit community Bernadette Hyland talks to DEBBIE MATHEWS, who was one of the women involved in campaigning to save Houghton Main coalmine in South Yorkshire, about a new book documenting their experiences
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review Dubious dispatches from ‘our woman in Havana’ Our Woman in Havana: Reporting from Castro’s Cubaby Sarah Rainsford(Oneworld Publications, £18.99)