“Barrio” is back. The play that follows first- and second-generation immigrants from Latin America in Elephant and Castle has a new set of characters who are faced with a new dilemma. The council plans to demolish Castleview Estate, will Santiago and his friends fight or run? What awaits them on […]
Culture
Folk and multicultural music in the UK
American folk quartet Windborne are about to embark on a national UK tour of their recent album “To warm the winter hearth”. The tour finale will be a concert at St Martins-in-the-Field London on 11 February. Angie Lemon Hailed as “the most exciting vocal group in a generation” […]
Leisure time in South Korea
The stresses and contradictions afflicting South Korea have been writing their own headlines recently with prosecutors minded to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3. Sean Sheehan Meanwhile, people go about their daily lives […]
Marilena Nardi’s journey through caricature
Her name resonates, and not only in Italy. She is a leading figure in the world of graphic humour, who has received several international awards. Through her work as editorial caricaturist she challenges social taboos, addresses global issues and sparks meaningful dialogue. She shared with The Prisma her perspective on the combination of art with journalism.
No scars of vulgar Marxism in Fredric Jameson
The great Fredric Jameson died in September 2024 and it is shocking to realize that he will no longer be writing outstanding pieces of literary criticism. Sean Sheehan ”Inventions of a present”, various essays he wrote mostly for New Left Review and London Review of Books, is a […]
















