Charlie Bertsch / 18 May 2022
The Thomas Mann Mountain
Learning to Read Again
As I made my way up the trail, the late-afternoon sun temporarily muted by clouds, I suddenly realised how strange my situation was.(...)
Culture
Charlie Bertsch / 23 Mar 2022
Club Music at War
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground is so consistently good that its social function almost seems extraneous. We should have been listening to this music before we felt it was our democratic duty.(...)
John Foster / 10 Dec 2021
Postmodern Means Today
Everything, All the Time, Everywhere, by Stuart Jeffries
It’s a problem that won’t go away. Separating postmodernism from socialism, particularly the “cultural Marxists” of the Frankfurt School, remains extremely difficult.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 08 Dec 2021
Rock Without Workers
Dignity of Labour, by The Ex
While The Ex’s post-punk has enjoyed several revivals since their 1980 debut, it always felt too fresh to be a forebear. (...)