Josh White / 20 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham’s Make-or-Break Moment
Turn Labour Left—or Else
If Andy Burnham’s Northern populism is to succeed, he’ll need to pivot sharply from Keir Starmer’s neoliberal approach.(...)
Manchester
Josh White / 18 May 2026
Britain’s Downward Spiral
The Keir Starmer Doom Loop
The United Kingdom is caught in an existential struggle between neoliberal centrism and national populism.
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Josh White / 11 May 2026
Replacing Labour
The 2026 UK Election
Labour's disastrous performance in the UK elections has created an opening for radical politics.
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Josh White / 06 Jan 2026
Failing British Jews
The Telegraph on Antisemitism
The Telegraph has focused so relentlessly on combating Antisemitism that it is making the problem worse.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 22 Oct 2025
Concept Artist
Public Works and Utilities, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
It’s hard to imagine a stranger name than Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan or one more intriguing.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 26 Feb 2025
Drugs Will Tear Us Apart
24 Hour Party People, Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 picture 24 Hour Party People is delightful even if you aren’t invested in the Manchester music scene of the 1970s and 1980s, and a whole lot better if you are.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 26 Jun 2024
Forever Surviving Thatcher
The Chameleons in 2024
To see The Chameleons play live is special.(...)
Henrietta Foster / 19 Mar 2024
Another London’s Music
ENO Revived
The English National Opera, or ENO, in London, has had a rough few years, culminating in the Arts Council of England—the widely inappropriate ACE—cutting its grant.(...)
Oliver Sheppard / 11 Oct 2023
When the Kids Were United
Glenn E. Friedman’s Just a Minor Threat
Glenn E. Friedman has knocked it out of the park once again with Just a Minor Threat, a 148-page photo book focused on DC punk pioneers Minor Threat.(...)
