Whatever your views on copyright, Green policies are good for the arts
The Greens have come under fire for our policy on copyright UPDATE: Caroline Lucas has now clarified the policy in a blog post, writing: "There's been some concern expressed in recent days…
UK Uncut hit central London with DIY election ‘subvertising’ campaign
UK Uncut activists have launched a new project, 'Cut Austerity', as campaigning begins for the General Election. Bus stops in central London have been 'subvertised' with Cut Austerity posters, with…
Soliloquy of chaos: the political poetry of the golden age of Hip Hop
Gang Starr with Keithy E. Image: Wayne Marshall. Early in the third year of secondary school some of my friends assured me that I'd get into hip hop by the…
Crisis in the Scottish media: finding the phoenix
The exception that proves the rule: following its lone support for independence the Sunday Herald is the only Scottish paper not in terminal decline. Image: Ric Lander. The Scottish media…
Next, Ed must stand up to the Mail when it bullies the vulnerable
photo - Uncyclopedia This is fun. For those of us who have always hated the Daily Mail, the last week has been, as one tweeter put it, “Christmasy”. It…
Miller Mentality – the price of everything, the value of nothing
Yesterday, in her first public speech 7 months after she was appointed as the Culture Secretary, Maria Miller said British culture should be seen as a commodity. Whilst we waited on how…
Veneers of sustainability: the public sector's collusion in opencasting
Loch Fitty (photograph by John Craig, used under a Creative Commons licence) Last week another opencast coal story broke across the environment pages of Scottish newspapers. You'd be forgiven for…
Freedom Bookshop Re-Opens after Fire
After the arson attack on London's Freedom Bookshop on Thursday, staff have announced that the shop will be open as usual today. Tim Gee reports from the clean-up over the…
London anarchist bookshop firebombed – cleanup today
London's anarchist bookshop, Freedom Press, has announced on its website that it was firebombed at around 5:30am yesterday. The below statement is from their website. If you're in London and…
Skyfall: M for Mummy
Comedian Caroline Newte Hardie went to see Skyfall. She didn't like it very much. I have decided to mitigate my fury about the retrograde misogyny in Bond by focusing this…