The Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery is a humdinger. Paintings, prints and drawings from across Europe, the US, the UK and private collections, as well as the National Gallery’s own collection, are together in one place for the first time. Sean Sheehan The catalogue makes compelling reading […]
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Jorge Ricardo Masetti through the eyes of his grandson
Santiago Masetti, also a journalist and history graduate, remembers his grandfather, Comandante Segundo and founder of the Latin American news agency Prensa Latina, who would have turned 93 today. From Buenos Aires, Santiago tells us about his first encounters with the figure of the grandfather he did not know […]
Selma James: “We get nothing unless we struggle”
There are few people alive who have spent a lifetime as politically involved as she has. She is 91 years old, the founder of Wages for Housework Campaign, and has fought to end institutional racism and gender inequality. Her life is the epitome of a constant struggle for a new world based on international solidarity.
Rua dos Anjos: Secrecy and self-revelation
Renata’s intention to make a documentary film in which she would learn about the experience of sex-work led to challenging situations. Advertising free sex in exchange for a photograph got no takers; in contrast Maria and Renata did accept the challenge of revealing personal issues in a film, and audiences […]
Fascism or the rise of the Right
The right’s advances are often classed as a resurgence of classic fascism, and not without reason; yet, the term lends itself to so many interpretations it can become meaningless, as is the case with terms such as terrorism or populism, which always reflect the interests of their users. Juan […]
















