Controversy around violent computer games isn’t just misleading. It’s also a handy way for huge firms to get free publicity, argues Simon Basketter
The Arctic Monkeys took the charts by storm and put Sheffield back on the musical map with their debut six years ago.
New documentary InRealLife asks if immersing young people in the internet is a good thing. Ken Olende thinks it raises more questions than it answers
Birmingham’s new ten?storey, £189 million, civic library opened last week. It is an awesome sight, combining open study spaces, stunning views and beautiful roof gardens.
Broken Hands: a tribute to Victor Jara | Marx in Soho | Les Invisibles
New TV series Peaky Blinders gives a glimpse of the revolutionary mood that gripped Britain in 1919 but puts family dramas first, says?Annette Mackin
Obituary for radical poet who died last week
Bristol short film festival | The Returned DVD | Reggae sound systems book
Educating Yorkshire looks at one head’s attempt to ‘turn pupils around’ with punishment. Leeds teacher Sally Kincaid fears that the Daily Mail will love it
This film charts the life and ideas of one of Britain’s most prominent black academics, Stuart Hall. It uses an extensive archive of clips of Hall’s TV appearances, CND marches and lectures, and songs by Hall’s musical hero Miles Davis.
Booker prize winning novelist Margaret Atwood returns to the post-apocalyptic society she first developed in her 2003 book Oryx and Crake.
