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Labour must make a radical commitment to widespread cultural democracy in its next election manifesto, says MIKE QUILLE
Shining example: Liverpool-based 20 Stories High are setting the pace in providing equal access to the arts for young people
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
“WE DESIRE to assure to our people full access to the great heritage of culture in this nation.”
Those words are from the Labour Party manifesto of 1945. But what does culture mean to us now and what should the next Labour manifesto say about it?
Culture matters to everyone. We all develop and flourish as social beings through engaging in cultural activities — sport, watching television and films, going to pubs and restaurants, listening to music, meeting together for religious or spiritual purposes and communicating using social media.
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