Arts & Culture

Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, May 14, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments

Books | Review: ‘Social Movements in the Global South’

Social Movements in the Global South Indian Women

The role of activist researchers from wealthy nations in social movements in the Global South is a question rarely explored in academia. Adam Elliott-Cooper reviews an important new volume of scholarly accounts from across the Globe, edited by Sara Motta and Alf Nilsen.

Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Sunday, May 13, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments

Theatre | Review: Cymbeline, South Sudan Theatre Company (Shakespeare’s Globe)

A scene from Cymbeline, performed by South Sudanese Theatre Company at Shakespera Globe (Photo: Ellie Kurtlz)

Part of the 'Globe to Globe' programme of 37 plays in 37 languages, the SSTC's Cymbeline is heavy with historical and political parallels. Ceasefire's Derek Oakley is impressed.

Arts & Culture, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, May 12, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment

Music | Review: Brother Ali (XOYO)

In anticipation of the release of his new album "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color", US Hip-hop artist Brother Ali is currently on a UK tour. Ceasefire's Usayd Younis went to see him perform in London.

Arts & Culture, Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:46 - 0 Comments

Arts & Culture | Review: Einstein on the Beach (Barbican)

Phenomenal concentration: hats off to the performers of 'Einstein on the Beach' (Photo: Lucie Jansch)

Ceasefire's Cordelia Lynn reviews 'Einstein on the Beach', Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s "impressive but demanding spectacle", which had its UK premiere at The Barbican last week.

Arts & Culture, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 4, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments

Film | Review: The Hunger Games

Casey Selwyn reviews the Hunger Games, the hugely popular, and controversial, movie based on the book series of the same name.

New in Ceasefire, Unknown Spins - Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:15 - 0 Comments

Unknown Spins | Lost in the Humming Air: An interview with Harold Budd

For his latest column, Andrew Fleming talks to Harold Budd, composer and ambient music pioneer, still going strong in his seventy-sixth year.

Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, April 22, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments

Music | The Riots: A Grime Perspective

Like much social unrest, the music of the streets has drawn its own narratives of the revolts in August 2011. Terence Elliott-Cooper picks out some of his favourites

Arts & Culture, Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 18, 2012 0:00 - 6 Comments

Arts & Culture | Review: Damien Hirst (Tate Modern)

Damien Hirst at Tate Retrospective - April 2012

Ceasefire's Cordelia Lynn reviews the just-opened Damien Hirst retrospective at Tate Modern.

Books, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 15:09 - 2 Comments

Film | Review: A Separation

Academic and author Nacim Pak-Shiraz reviews Iranian filmaker Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning 'A Separation'.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:53 - 0 Comments

Books | Review: ‘Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account’

Are particular economic policies responsible for human rights abuses? Do governments have legal obligations to pursue economic policies that protect human rights? Should economic success be measured via human rights rather than mere growth? Leoni Linek reviews an important new volume on the subject.