Kes (1970) Billy, an alienated working class boy in Barnsley, finds meaning in life as he cares for and trains a fledgling falcon.
Guardian music critic Dorian Lynskey’s new book is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking look at the history of protest songs.
Jack Rosenthal, who became one of the great original writers working in television, started his career writing episodes for Coronation Street in the 1960s.
A new Hollywood thriller dramatises one of many unsavoury events in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.
Django Reinhardt’s swinging jazz is brought up to date by French group Caravan Palace, who mix his gypsy music with synthesised dance beats.
The author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell, died on 3 February 1911.
The new BBC series The British at Work is infuriating.
In 1958 a 17-year old former street kid by the name of Pelé scored two goals against Sweden to help Brazil lift the World Cup.
The festival is showing 16 documentaries and five dramas. They include:
Here’s some fresh hip hop about how the collapse of the global markets affects ordinary people.
Poor Jamie Oliver. He’s dedicated his life to trying to help us working class people live better lives—but it’s like throwing pearls before swine.
Treme exposes New Orleans’ corrupt legal system and the despicable political response to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. It explores the rich culture of the city and its deep inequality through a multitude of interlocking stories and characters.
