Features
Books, New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 14:57 - 0 Comments
Books">Mapping a metropolis Books
Andrew Fleming reviews Mapping London, the new book by Simon Foxell, which examines the ways the British capital has been transcribed, mapped and understood over the centuries, from the mid-sixteenth century Shoreditch surrounded by windmills to the 1951 attempt to delineate the architecture of the South Bank.
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, Photo Essays - Monday, June 6, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Photo Essay Capturing Gaza (II)
In this week's edition of her "Capturing Gaza" series of photo essays, Ceasefire's Gaza correspondent Hama Waqum presents the images the headlines missed.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 20:48 - 0 Comments
Special Report Egyptian Workers: Protectors of the revolution
Five months after Mubarak's fall, our Cairo correspondent, Jumanah Younis, reports on the ongoing struggle of Egyptian workers and trade unions to protect and consolidate the gains of the Jan 25th revolution.
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 27, 2011 4:26 - 30 Comments
Exclusive Jody McIntyre interviews Lowkey
In an exclusive, candid new interview, Ceasefire contributor Jody McIntyre (writer for the Independent and author of the 'Life on Wheels' blog) asks Lowkey, one of the country's most respected MCs and political activists about his life, politics, art and more.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays, Special Reports - Monday, May 23, 2011 7:00 - 2 Comments
Capturing Gaza Breaking the siege
Last week, Palestinians marched in their thousands to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of their national catastrophe, the Nakba. Ceasefire's Hama Waqum, who had just arrived in Gaza with the Vik2Gaza Convoy, reports on how a people besieged are finally breaking free.
Features, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 17, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Interview Ilan Pappe on Israel, Palestine and the prospects for peace
In a fascinating video interview, celebrated Israeli historian and dissident intellectual Ilan Pappe talks to author and film-maker Frank Barat about the latest developments in the conflict, including the Palestine Papers, the Arab Spring and the way forward. "It is now time for everyone", Barat writes in his introduction "to re-frame the questions"
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Friday, April 29, 2011 9:00 - 1 Comment
Interview Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands
Since its release at the start of the year, Treasure Islands, Nicholas Shaxton's scathingly clinical critique of international finance, has attracted a huge amount of attention. In an exclusive interview with Ceasefire's deputy editor Musab Younis, Shaxson addresses some of the pressing questions raised by his book.
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Interview Kim Longinotto: Surviving with a smile
Kim Longinotto, one of the world's foremost female film-makers has gained worldwide acclaim for her brutally honest portrayals of oppression and violence against women and children. In an exclusive new interview, she speaks to Ceasefire's Melanie Scagliarini about life, art and the centrality of truth-telling to her work.
