Video clip and transcript of interview with UK Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn carried out for the forthcoming documentary ‘Britain and the Other 9/11’, which I am co-directing with John McEvoy. Pablo Navarrete / Alborada Films* The 2nd of March marked 25 years since Tony Blair’s New Labour government […]
Culture
Art and resistance in Central America
To appreciate the importance of this publication – the first book on Central American art – take a look at its introduction, available for reading on the publisher’s website. The introduction has the names of the 40 artists featured in the book and some images of their work. Sean […]
Exploring Cuban cinema in London: with world-changing films
Cuban cinema has long been a lens into the country’s revolution, culture, and identity. This legacy will be brought to London by “Films to change the world”, showcasing rarely screened Cuban classics, bold contemporary films, and thought-provoking documentaries that capture Cuba’s changing social landscape and current artistic movements. Harry […]
Loving to hate
“Jouissance”, the French word for enjoyment, is a term with philosophical implications due to the importance given it in the psychoanalytic ideas of Jacques Lacan. When it is applied to the reality of capitalism as a system of exploitation and subjection, political jouissance becomes a way of understanding why ideology […]
Running and sleeping over in Athens
Andrea Marcolongo is a writer possessed of a lively intellectual curiosity and her two most recent books have startlingly different subject matters while sharing a fervent attachment to the world of ancient Greece. Sean Sheehan “Shifting the moon from its orbit” arises from Marcolongo securing permission from the […]
















