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Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
The hubris of Hollywood
By any measure, most of the films released each year are rubbish, writes JOHN PILGER
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
As an inveterate film fan, I turn to the listings every week and try not to lose hope.
I search the guff that often passes for previews and I queue for a ticket with that flicker of excitement that brings to mind matinees in art deco splendour.
Once inside, lights down, beer in hand, I feel hope recede as the minutes pass.
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