STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
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Marxism by Christian Fuchs
Worthy primer flawed by abstruse terminology
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
GORDON PARSONS is fascinated by a unique dream journal collected by a Jewish journalist in Nazi Berlin
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, Parthenope, Where Dragons Live and Thunderbolts* reviewed by MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE
INTENDED for students, this book is billed as an introductory toolkit to critical theory. In it, Christian Fuchs attempts to show how Marx’s ideas are still supremely relevant in the areas of the media, communications and critical studies.
While such a toolkit is undoubtedly much needed, it does not adequately fulfil the task. What Fuchs has to say is valid but he is not a natural pedagogue or communicator.
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