Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 20:13 - 1 Comment
Music Devlin: Bud, Sweat & Beers and Live at the Islington Academy
Devlin, one of grime's rising stars has recently broken into the mainstream. Adam Elliott-Cooper went to the last gig of his tour and listened to his latest release, Bud, Sweat and Beers.
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Theatre ‘Between the Fleeting Words’: celebrating Mahmoud Darwish
This Saturday 5th March, will see the première of a new production of 'Between the fleeting words", a play that revisits the Palestinian national tragedy through the prism of Mahmoud Darwish's poetry. In an exclusive piece, the director, Ahmed Masoud, explains the importance of art as a form of resistance.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 3, 2011 0:01 - 6 Comments
Books The last chance salon: why Ilan Pappe left Israel
Ilan Pappe, one of Israel's most prominent historians, started out as a leftist Zionist until, faced with the full reality of the facts he had uncovered about the Nakbah, he turned to anti-Zionism. Ceasefire contributor Asa Winstanley reviews his autobiography, 'Out of the frame'.
Chess Corner, Columns, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:01 - 2 Comments
Chess Corner The problems with opening theory
In this week's Chess Corner, Paul Lam explores the intricacies of opening theory, and looks at the role of intuition in chess.
Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 20, 2010 10:23 - 3 Comments
Deserter’s Songs The Apocalyptic Landscapes of Godspeed You! Black Emepror
Next month sees the much anticipated return of Godspeed You! Black Emperor- one of the most vital and thrilling bands of late nineties and early naughties. In this week's Deserter's Songs music column, David Bell explains why he finds their music so hauntingly fascinating.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Tuesday, November 9, 2010 0:00 - 4 Comments
Passing for normal On the ethics of (not) planting onions
A few days ago, Dave Prescott found himself facing what seemed to be a critical decision: should he spend his weekend, as planned, planting onions, or should he fly across mainland Europe to represent a corporate client at a progressive big summit? In the first installment of his new column, Prescott recounts what happened next.
Arts & Culture, Chess Corner, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:00 - 3 Comments
Chess Corner – Original Maverick: Remembering Tony Miles
In this week's Chess Corner, Paul Lam pays homage to Tony Miles, one of the greatest players of his generation. Miles was a flawed, irreverent, gentle genius, whose tragic early death robbed the chess world of one of its true, irreplaceable originals.
Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:44 - 1 Comment
Deserter’s Songs A Funny Bird That Never Lands
In this week's Deserter's Songs column, David Bell revisits the album which gave his column its name: Mercury Rev's 1998 masterpiece 'Deserter's Songs', and explains how knowing the album for nine years has been like the "wonderful early stage of a relationship".
Chess Corner, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, October 21, 2010 20:27 - 2 Comments
Chess Corner – It’s a (chess) man’s world: Natalia Pogonina interviewed
In this week's Chess Corner, Paul Lam interviews Natalia Pogonina, one of the chess world's female superstars and a three-times European Champion. The interview touches upon her beginnings, her ambitions and the female presence in a game long dominated by men.
Books, New in Ceasefire, Science - Sunday, October 17, 2010 22:18 - 6 Comments
Book Review True Enough: Learning to live in a post-fact society
Is the mainstream media biased? Do you find its bias to be always against your own opinions and views? Is this a coincidence? In this Month's science column. Sebastian Meznaric takes a look at a recent book, 'True enough' by Farhad Majoo, that aims to uncover how humans interpret and detect bias in the information they receive, with surprising results.
