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Features, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 27, 2011 10:00 - 5 Comments
Essay Creating the Future: When Conservatives Become Socialists
After gaining political power the progressives gradually began to lose it. In the second part of his 'Creating the Future' series on the left, Paul Schloss looks at the reasons why.
New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:05 - 0 Comments
Passing for Normal The roadside grotto
One day, Dave Prescott was driving along in his car, late for something really important, "when I saw one of these signs and it made me stop and perform a dangerous U-turn. Under normal circumstances I would have driven past, confident in the fact that I already had eggs, for example, or didn’t need runner beans. But this time the sign offered more."
Arts & Culture, Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 25, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Opera Two Boys (World Premiere, ENO)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on the world premiere of 'Two Boys' at the English National Opera.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:00 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue On American principles for negotiating With official enemies
This week Barack Obama confirmed the opening of negotiations with the Taliban. And yet, the United States government continues to refuse talks with Hamas, a popularly-elected movement. In his new column, Asa Winstanley argues this double standard tells us a lot about strategies of resistance.
New in Ceasefire, South of The Border - Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:26 - 0 Comments
South of the Border The view from Latin America
This week in South America: a former top Columbian security official is indicted for the murder of a critical journalist, Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala visits Bolivia, and recent revelations implicate the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in fuelling Mexico's drug wars. Ceasefire's Tom Kavanagh reports.
Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 21:36 - 1 Comment
Music Benjamin Grosvenor, Wigmore Hall (Piano recital)
Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviewing a piano recital by Benjamin Grosvenor at Wigmore Hall, finds a "remarkable talent".
Classical & Opera - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 21:33 - 1 Comment
Opera Tosca (ROH)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on a production of Tosca at the Royal Opera House.
Classical & Opera, Interviews - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:14 - 1 Comment
Opera Nicky Spence: An Interview
In an exclusive interview, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, speaks to one of Opera's brightest stars, Nicky Spence, due to appear in 'Two Boys', Nico Muhly's new production.
Features, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 20, 2011 0:00 - 5 Comments
Essay Creating the Future: Victory Begins with Defeat
Many view history as a succession of defeats for the left. This viewpoint, closely tied to ideology, ignores the effects particular movements have on the culture, an important contributor to political change. In a first of a series of essays, Paul Schloss considers a defeat that became a victory, but only decades after the event. Practical visionaries, stubborn in their values but flexible in their ideas may, he suggests, be the secret to such victories. He looks at a famous example.
New in Ceasefire, Radical Aesthetics - Sunday, June 19, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Radical Aesthetics The politics of art collections
A selection of works from the Government Art Collection is currently on display at the Whitechapel gallery. Ceasefire's Art Critic, Daniel Barnes, looks at the "insidious desire to use art to exercise political power."
