Carlos Fuentes gave a typically blunt interview to the BBC in December.
This French film is set in 1942 in Nazi-occupied Paris. It follows the fortunes of Younes (Tahar Rahim), a young Algerian man who finds himself drawn into the French Resistance.
Ewan McLennan’s new album draws primarily on Irish and Scottish folk music. His concern for political justice is evident throughout.
Struck Out by David RentonWhen the Clyde Ran Red by Maggie CraigPublic Services on the Brink, edited by Jenny MansonLondon Recruits: The Secret War Against Apartheid, edited by Ken KeableIn Praise of Love by Alain Badiou
The playwright Lee Hall is best known for the movie and musical Billy Elliot and his more recent work The Pitmen Painters.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp fails as propaganda. That is one of the reasons it is a great film.
Hip-hop artist Speech Debelle takes a look at the plight of young people who are homeless but don’t qualify for local authority accommodation.
Maurice Sendak, who died last week, was one of those very few people working outside of major corporations who produce artworks that become part of the shared knowledge of millions.
Science fiction has had an awkward relationship with Africa. Many science fiction themes, from zombies to aliens, have their roots in Western fears about the "dark continent".
This award winning documentary about daily life in an NHS hospital returns for a second season this week on Channel 4.
