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
Theatre Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Review Striking reminder in show on landmark US labour dispute Bread & RosesOldham Coliseum Theatre
Book Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book Review The era that lit the fuse of feminist revolution The Feminist Revolution: The Struggle for Women’s Liberation 1966-1988by Bonnie J Morris and D-M Withers(Virago, £30)
Thursday 08th Mar 2018 The legacy of the suffragettes lies with today’s working-class women There is a massive gap between well-off women who seeks to promote their books, their businesses and brands as ‘feminists’ and the real inheritors of suffragism and radical politics, says BERNADETTE HYLAND
Theatre Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Theatre Review Pointed polemic from suspended Labour activist The LynchingFriends' Meeting House, Manchester/Touring
Interview Monday 15th Jan 2018 Interview ‘He spoke to what was needed to create an equal society’ Playwright TREVOR GRIFFITHS talks to Bernadette Hyland about the continuing significance of the 18th century radical Thomas Paine
Pamphlet Review Tuesday 02nd Jan 2018 Pamphlet Review A question of mistaken identity at the heart of the gender debate Gender Is Not an Identity,It Is a Tool of Patriarchyby Green Goude(Gender Critical Greens, £2.50)
Book review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book review A rational approach to gender identity issues Gender Is Not An Identity, It Is A Tool Of Patriarchyby Green Goude(Gender Critical Greens, £2.50)
Book review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book review Gerry Conlon’s life a chapter in the unfinished history between Britain and Ireland In the Name of the Son: The Gerry Conlon Storyby Richard O’Rawe(Merrion Press, £15.99)
Thursday 14th Dec 2017 On November 11, the Working Class Movement Library will celebrate the lives of its founders Ruth and Eddie Frow scoured the country to preserve working-class history, writes BERNADETTE HYLAND