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The working class in the arts: where are they?
There is a known absence of people from working-class backgrounds in the creative arts. As of 2020, only 16% of the workforce in creative industries are from working-class backgrounds. The Working Class Creatives Database (WCCD) manifesto I recently joined the WCCD, which describes itself as “a platform to share and highlight the work of working Continue reading
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“In Jackson Heights” London Film Festival review
Having rewatched this film and cheerfully argued with a friend about it, I thought I’d dig up a review I did on it for a London arts mag way back when the film first opened. So if you like documentaries, read on… A study in unassuming observation, In Jackson Heights is director Frederick Wiseman’s 40th Continue reading
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2020 film festivals you can watch from home
Still don’t fancy the potentially toxic miasma of enclosed spaces in 2020? Here are some online options to satisfy your craving for fresh film. Locarno 2020, 5-15 August 2020 Locarno Film Fest has been running since 1946. The Piazza Grande won’t be full of eager art house film enthusiasts this year, but there are still Continue reading
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Killing Joke: The Death and Resurrection Show
Killing Joke are on tour again, and to mark the occasion, I’m sharing a review I wrote a year ago, originally published here Ten years in the making, and with a running time of nearly two and a half hours, The Death and Resurrection Show is director Shaun Pettigrew’s epic anthem to the career of Continue reading
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Jane Alyson Clarke 