John Foster / 06 Oct 2023
Silence is Deafening
Shane Embury’s Life?…and Napalm Death
I first met Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury in the 1990s.(...)
Culture
Henrietta Foster / 02 Oct 2023
From Knitters to Transvestites
Four Shows by Women Artists
In the UK, an array of shows is opening this Fall on women artists, whether they be weavers, sculptors, or photographers.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 27 Sep 2023
Love After Fascism
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Marriage of Maria Braun is a cinematic speedball, tugging the heart in opposite directions until it cannot bear the strain.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 21 Sep 2023
The End of Privacy
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s superb 2006 film The Lives of Others looks back at the final years of East Germany.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 13 Sep 2023
Music Against Panic
Slowdive’s Everything is Alive
The new Slowdive album Everything is Alive plays havoc with our sense of history.(...)
Joel Schalit / 11 Sep 2023
Reading Politics
The Battleground’s Fall Books List
Journalists don't read books. Or if they do, very sparingly. Trained to follow the 24-hour news cycle, they focus on the daily flow of events, hour by hour, minute by minute. That's the narrative we know.(...)
Henrietta Foster / 11 Aug 2023
First Martyrs of the French Revolution
Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites
My introduction to Dialogues des Carmelites was profoundly significant and personal.(...)
