RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
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Fighting socialist erasure on the virtual battlefield
SCOTT ALSWORTH points to a new trend for cultural spaces within online gameplay and the need for socialists to create its content
PROBLEMATIC HISTORY: The virtual Holocaust Museum in the popular game Fortnite
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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
REALITY is changing – faster now than ever.
The spectre of the metaverse is looming large and the age of the quantum computer is right around the corner. Developments in artificial intelligence are yesterday’s news. Simulated experiences in virtual and augmented environments, where real and digitally generated content are combined, are altering the very fabric of our existence.
And it really is happening. Our museums, galleries, and cultural institutions are moving online. Video games are disseminating history. Battle lines are being drawn and a new class struggle is unfolding in worlds of wire.
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