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Lights! Camera! Revolution! – film from Russia and Cuba

Oct 27, 2017By Chris Bartter

I’ve written before about the role of Trades Union Councils in promoting (or should that be
fomenting) working class and left political culture. Another example is taking place this weekend in…Read more…

Oct 27, 2017Chris Bartter

From Alexei to Jeremy, and much in between – Edinburgh Reviews 3 & 4

Sep 4, 2017By Chris Bartter

Both of my final compilation roundups of Edinburgh festival shows have now been published in the Morning Star. The third one – Sayle, Spoiler Alerts and Symphonies – can be found here.  And the…Read more…

Sep 4, 2017Chris Bartter

Radical Angles with a Cutting Edge – Edinburgh reviews 2

Aug 28, 2017By Chris Bartter

–> …And the second of the group reviews of both International and Fringe shows was published in the Morning Star on Saturday. It is available here. It covers reviews that I posted in my…Read more…

Aug 28, 2017Chris Bartter

Asylum. Immigration and Women – Edinburgh reviews 1

Aug 18, 2017By Chris Bartter

Yesterday, the Morning Star published my reviews of four shows I’ve seen at this year’s festivals. It is available here and covers Henry Naylor’s new play – Borders (*****), and a new play by a…Read more…

Aug 18, 2017Chris Bartter

Edinburgh’s International Festival – for the elite, or for the masses?

Aug 7, 2017By Chris Bartter

A little-known fact of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), is that it has always included on its board a representative from the city’s trade unionists. Appointed by Edinburgh’s TUC, the…Read more…

Aug 7, 2017Chris Bartter

Rich pickings for the Culture Vulture – Edinburgh Festivals Preview

Aug 5, 2017By Chris Bartter

It seems like some time since I posted anything vaguely cultural here, but that is about to change!
Last Saturday our friends in the Morning Star printed my preview of the Fringe at this year’s…Read more…

Aug 5, 2017Chris Bartter

Returning to the roots of MayDay’s Cabarets

Apr 25, 2017By Chris Bartter

–> Glasgow Friends of MayDay (GFoMD) have announced another stellar line-up for the sixth annual Great May Day cabaret celebrating International Workers’ Day (May Day). This annual event at…Read more…

Apr 25, 2017Chris Bartter

Culture and the labour movement – a key role for Trades Councils

Feb 20, 2017By Chris Bartter

Last Tuesday,  Jamie Caldwell – Unite Community Co-ordinator for Scotland – penned a piece in the ‘Voices from Scotland’ section of the Morning Star arguing the importance of arts, music and…Read more…

Feb 20, 2017Chris Bartter

Celtic Connections 3 – crossing borders

Feb 3, 2017By Chris Bartter

The first of my two articles reviewing this year’s Celtic Connections was in the Morning Star yesterday here. It dealt with two themes, the continuing connections between British and Irish music and…Read more…

Feb 3, 2017Chris Bartter

Celtic Connections 2 – and Beyond

Feb 1, 2017By Chris Bartter

A selection of shorts re a number of shows that are not going to get onto my reviews in the Star (the first one of which is due in tomorrow’s paper (Thursday 2).

One thing that is already in…Read more…

Feb 1, 2017Chris Bartter

An embarrassment of riches – Celtic Connections ’17 Preview

Jan 20, 2017By Chris Bartter

This is a preview piece for this year’s Celtic Connections, that was printed in the Morning Star on Thursday (19 Jan). The link to the article on line doesn’t seem to be working, so here (with a…Read more…

Jan 20, 2017Chris Bartter

Travelling to come together.

Dec 30, 2016By Chris Bartter

This is my review of the highlights of 2016 . Compiled for the Morning Star (who published it here) this is the original. The Star is excellent at shaping my sometimes unweildy prose into shorter…Read more…

Dec 30, 2016Chris Bartter

Havana Glasgow Film Festival – final four days have many jewels. HGFF preview 2

Nov 16, 2016By Chris Bartter

The Havana Glasgow Film Festival enters its final four days with the arrival of Cuban film and videoArturo Santanadirector, Arturo Santana. Flying in from Havana yesterday – thanks to sponsorship…Read more…

Nov 16, 2016Chris Bartter

Guests and Supporters as Cuban Film Festival begins – HGFF preview 1

Nov 10, 2016By Chris Bartter

This week sees the start of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival (HGFF), on 11 Nov, and guests have already started to arrive from Cuba and other parts of the globe. On Tuesday the Cuban…Read more…

Nov 10, 2016Chris Bartter

Second Cuban Film Festival launches in Glasgow

Oct 17, 2016By Chris Bartter

The Second Havana Glasgow Film Festival has launched its new programme online this weekend. The festival has built on last years’ initial success extending its run from seven to ten days in November…Read more…

Oct 17, 2016Chris Bartter

People on the Move – Edinburgh Festivals 3

Sep 2, 2016By Chris Bartter

My third compilation of reviews from the Edinburgh Festivals has been published in yesterday’s Morning Star. Covering a range of shows with a general theme of migration, it is a masterpiece of…Read more…

Sep 2, 2016Chris Bartter

Songwriting Talents Old and New(ish). Edinburgh Festivals 2

Aug 25, 2016By Chris Bartter

My first compilation piece from Edinburgh is in the Morning Star today. It includes the Angel review in last Thursday’s blog, and also a review of Road – Jim Cartwright’s slice of Lancashire life…Read more…

Aug 25, 2016Chris Bartter

An angelic sniper brings war home to us. – Edinburgh Festivals 1

Aug 18, 2016By Chris Bartter

Angel, by Henry Naylor, Gilded Balloon Teviot – until 29 August (*****)
Filipa Bragança is the AngelOf all the definitions of ‘angel’, the least common would be ‘sniper’ – but that’s just what…Read more…

Aug 18, 2016Chris Bartter

Cuban Heroes visit Scotland

Jul 13, 2016By Chris Bartter

With all the sound and fury surrounding the PLP ‘rebellion’ against Jeremy Corbyn, it might be a salutory reflection to think what people elsewhere suffer for their beliefs. Rene Gonzalez and Gerardo…Read more…

Jul 13, 2016Chris Bartter

Rebel Herstory of the Easter Rising

Apr 23, 2016By Chris Bartter

Cat HepburnThis weekend’s Morning Star carries a Connolly Association supplement,marking the centenary of the Easter Rising. It is worthy of purchase for that alone, of course, but to ensure the Arts…Read more…

Apr 23, 2016Chris Bartter
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