Here are some of the cultural highlights from the festival next week.
Many of Socialist Worker’s readers will have read and enjoyed Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible about the way individual lives were shaped by colonialism in the Congo.
Steve Parry is a comedian, actor and writer. He is a stand up comedian and writes for the Frank Skinner Show.
Tom Brook correctly answered that the US is one of the countries which denied Leon Trotsky access. His "We are all the children of migrants" T‑shirt is on its way.
Britain’s Yemenis comprise the country’s oldest established Muslim community.
Jez Lewis returns to his hometown of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, to film the tragic underbelly of a town considered a bohemian idyll.
The Tricycle has a well earned reputation for presenting culturally diverse work and responding to contemporary issues. Women, Power and Politics is no exception.
Set in 1953 Iran, against the tumultuous backdrop of a CIA-backed coup, this film traces the stories of four women struggling to cope with their place in society in Tehran.
Set in the present day, but inspired by an ancient myth, Moira Buffini’s Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world’s richest and poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war.
The World Cup is nearly upon us – and, if Africa excites you, but the prospect of weeks of football bores you, then BBC radio might be just the place to seek refuge
It is 16 July 1948 and Zionist forces have bullied the Palestinian mayor of Nazareth into signing over control of the city to the new state of Israel.
Britain is the most watched country in the Western world. A 2006 study by the Surveillance Studies Network said that there were around 4.2 million CCTV cameras in the country – roughly one for every 14 people.
