David Kitson (1919 – 2010) was an important anti-apartheid campaigner born in South Africa who demonstrated a lifelong refusal to compromise on his principles, even at great personal cost. After training as an engineer, Kitson served during the war as a ‘sapper’ in the South African army, an experience that was to facilitate his later […]
From The African Queen to Roman Holiday, and from The Motorcycle Diaries to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Alex Hulmes investigates the inspiring genre of travel films. The Cornerhouse and MGM have ushered in the autumn with Film Noir. Alex Hulmes explores this dark genre, past and present. Even if […]
In the 1960s the jet set took rock and roll global. The ultimate fashion icons, the media mob were fascinated by the ease with which they hopped from one paradise to the next. Alice Rigby looks at this travel elite, exploring their cultish celebrity status. A review of Dr Parthasarathi’s lecture on the European-Asian economic […]
In less than three months the Republic of Ireland will vote on a referendum that, if passed, could mark a watershed for female reproductive rights within the country. Merely an hour’s flight away, Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. Under the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution a woman cannot […]