New in Ceasefire
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 27, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Opera Macbeth (ROH)
Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews the Royal Opera's current production of Verdi's Macbeth. Although the production was nothing spectacular the singing, he writes, was "glorious".
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 27, 2011 6:00 - 1 Comment
Opera Ariodante (Barbican)
Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews a production of Handel's Ariodante at Barbican Hall.
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.
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 27, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ENO)
Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews a decidedly underwhelming production of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 27, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Opera The Damnation of Faust (ENO)
When the English National Opera invited former python-turned-Hollywood big gun Terry Gilliam to direct its production of the Damnation of Faust, many expected mayhem. Instead, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, found himself mightily impressed.
Books, Devil's Advocate, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:51 - 0 Comments
Books Natural Experiments of History
Can you run experiments on the past? A groundbreaking book seems to suggest the answer might be yes. 'National Experiments of History", co-authored by celebrated thinker Jared Diamond, attempts to propose a radical new way of studying history and other social sciences. Ceasefire's Omer Ali gives his verdict.
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.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, May 21, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Essay">Syria: Blundering and Adapting Essay
"By arresting schoolchildren, the regime caused protests in Dara’a. By killing protestors, the regime caused protests all over the country. Those who first called for reform now call for the fall of the regime." Syrian-British novelist and commentator Robin Yassin-Kassab diagnoses the repeated missteps and miscalculations of the Assad regime, and says change, no matter how protracted or tortuous, is now inevitable.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 20, 2011 0:00 - 4 Comments
An A-Z of theory Samir Amin (Part 1)
In a new addition to his "A to Z of theory" series, political theorist Andrew Robinson introduces, in a two-part essay, the work of Samir Amin, one of the leading theorists of World Systems Analysis and dependency theory. In part one, Robinson introduces Amin's approach to global accumulation and "Maldevelopment".
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"
