Arts & Culture
Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 16, 2014 13:31 - 0 Comments
Books">Review | Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements Books
'Until the Rulers Obey', a newly published volume edited by Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein, provides an invaluable panorama of Latin America in movement, and should be required reading for all scholars and activists with an interest in the birth of another world in the region, argues Puneet Dhaliwal.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 16:09 - 1 Comment
Arts & Culture">Review | Opin Yu Yi: Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Film Festival Arts & Culture
In February and March 2014, the third edition of Sierra Leone’s key human rights film festival, Opin Yu Yi (‘Open Your Eyes’) took place in Freetown, the country’s capital city. Catriona Towriss reviews.
Arts & Culture, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 1, 2014 15:43 - 0 Comments
Arts & Culture">Interview | Drifa Mezenner: “I lived in the absence twice” Arts & Culture
In her debut feature, “j’ai habité l’absence deux fois”, Algerian filmmaker Drifa Mezenner captures in words and images the emotional aftermath of separation and civil war. She talks to Ceasefire's Rachida M Lamri about the absence and emptiness reverberating through the lives of Algerian youth, a story told through her own experience and that of her family.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, March 7, 2014 14:47 - 0 Comments
Podcast">Kiese Laymon on Language, Love and ‘Long Division’ Podcast
Author Kiese Laymon talks to Ceasefire's Hana Riaz and Rukayah Sarumi about his novel 'Long Divison' and using language as a tool of resistance and affirmation.
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 15:44 - 2 Comments
Theatre">Review | ‘The Threepenny Opera’ by Bertolt Brecht (Nottingham Playhouse) Theatre
Richard Pilgrim reviews a new production of a great classic of German pre-war theatre, Bertolt Brecht's ‘The Threepenny Opera’.
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Sunday, February 9, 2014 20:39 - 2 Comments
Theatre">Review: My Judy Garland Life (Nottingham Playhouse) Theatre
'My Judy Garland Life', the new play by acclaimed writer Amanda Whittington, brilliantly combines glitzy escapism with thought-provoking drama on the vagaries of ambition and fame, argues Richard Pilgrim.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 6, 2014 20:21 - 2 Comments
Ideas">Pan-African Classics: Walter Rodney’s Legacy Ideas
Amber Murrey pays tribute to the legacy of Walter Rodney, whose book 'How Europe Underdeveloped Africa' transformed the modern debate on slavery and colonisation.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 30, 2013 15:07 - 3 Comments
Books">Review | The Front Man: Bono (In the Name of Power) by Harry Browne Books
Around the world, U2 lead singer Bono is seen as the archetypal celebrity philanthropist, jetting across the globe campaigning against hunger and injustice in Africa and elsewhere. Harry Browne’s new book, The Frontman, unmasks a very different picture.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:04 - 1 Comment
Books">Review | ‘Class and Contemporary British Culture’ by Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn Books
Elliot Murphy reviews a compelling and often disturbing account of how class identification and cultural tags shape people’s self-image and their image of others.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 0:00 - 1 Comment
Arts & Culture">Wake On The Wild Side: Lou Reed memorial held in London Arts & Culture
On Sunday afternoon, friends and fans gathered in London for a memorial service in honour of Lou Reed, Legendary frontman of the Velvet Underground, who passed away last week.
