Reading Neal Ascherson
In the first ‘What Our Editors Are Reading,’ culture editor Owen Hatherley reviews the Observer columns of Scottish writer Neal Acherson.
80 Articles by:
Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley is the culture editor of Tribune and is the author of Artificial Islands.
The Newham Enclosures
Researcher Joy White speaks about her new book ‘Terraformed – Young Black Lives in the Inner City,’ which outlines the deliberate marginalisation of working class black youth in the London borough of Newham.
Bertolt Brecht in Dark Times
A new set of translations of the socialist poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht reminds us that the greatest of writers often lived through the darkest of times.
Architecture in Global Socialism
Łukasz Stanek talks to Tribune about his book on how architects and planners in Eastern Europe designed and built towns and cities across the world between the 1950s and 1980s.
Saving the Buildings of Red Ukraine
The authors of a new book on Soviet Modernism talk to Tribune about decommunisation, demodernisation and the fight to save the remnants of late Soviet architecture in Ukraine.
The Twittering Machine
Socialist author Richard Seymour discusses his origins on the Left, his latest book and the role of social media in shaping our political environment.
Defend Emma Dent Coad
The Observer might want rid of Emma Dent Coad – but we don’t. In a new interview, we speak to the Kensington MP about housing, her constituency and the campaign of lies run against her by the Lib Dems.
The Right to Housing
In this election, Labour can turn the entire debate about housing upside down. It must not miss that chance.
Steal as Much as You Can
An interview with Nathalie Olah about class, culture, television, home improvement, bad taste and revolt.
A Dialectical Fairyland
Hannah Proctor and Sam Dolbear talk to Tribune about Arcades Materials, a series of pamphlets sparking off from Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project.
Red Library: Workers and Capital
In this month’s Red Library, we look at some ‘workers inquiries’, both new and old
What Do We Mean by Europe?
This month’s Red Library explores Europe’s borders, from Ireland to the Balkans, and the prospects of a pan-European left.
The Sweden Democrats’ Nazi Roots
The far-right Sweden Democrats became the country’s third largest party in last year’s election. A new book uncovers their unrepentant Nazi past.
Savage Messiah
Artist and writer Laura Grace Ford on her zine Savage Messiah, counter-culture and unearthing the kernels of possibility in working-class life.
Journeys Through Black Europe
We speak to Johny Pitts – author of the book Afropean – about cities, race, class, colonialism, the 1990s, and going from CD:UK to socialism.
Poland’s Palace of Dreams
Poland’s Palace of Culture and Science is one of the continent’s largest and most striking buildings. But what is its history – and what can it tell us about its country’s future?
What Does Utopia Mean Today?
From children’s communes to nationalising Amazon, and asteroid mining to menstrual extractors, we review recent publications which explore the Utopias of the 21st century.
A Chernobyl Guide to the Future
Historian of ‘modernist wastelands’ Kate Brown talks about the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear cover-ups, everyday heroism and the shadow of the mushroom cloud.
Looking Back on the World Revolution
Starting a bi-monthly books column, Owen Hatherley looks at a stack of new memoirs and collections on revolutionary ‘Third Worldism’, from 1920s China to 1980s Burkina Faso.
Introducing Tribune’s Culture Section
Tribune’s new Culture section aims to contribute to the development of a counter-cultural way of thinking and acting.