A sense of malaise among younger generations is backed up by hard economic statistics speaking of a drastic decline in living standards. How can we overhaul the individualist non-society responsible for this climate of despair?
The architectural decay of Westminster off ers a convenient metaphor for Britain’s crumbling democratic systems. Under a government elected via the lowest electoral mandate in history, the outlook for reform is bleak.
Late 2020s British culture is dominated by an oppressive mix of boredom and quiet violence. Meanwhile, working-class forms of expression are aggressively marginalised by a decaying bourgeoisie.
The Starmer years look set to be defined by the dour, authoritarian persona of the Prime Minister himself — a sort of nightmarish latter-day successor to the ‘nanny to the nation’ Margaret Thatcher. This, we might say, is dadcore.
In response to the harsh reality of national decline, Labour has offered only a ‘theme park politics’ fuelled by the sugar rush of the growth delusion. Might a more substantial, more humane vision of nationhood arise amid the ruins of Britain’s broken infrastructure?
Communities across Britain have been laid waste by decades of austerity and state cutback. As the Right claims to offer answers to the decline it initiated, can the Left develop a rival form of radical localism?
One of the clearest markers of Britain’s civic downslide in recent decades has been the slow cancellation of its once plentiful provision of public toilets. But in Asian countries like Japan and Taiwan, another loo is possible …
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to come by. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the 2020s — with fellow music journalist Liam Inscoe-Jones.
In a world where economic stagnation and ecological deterioration threaten our very existence, we need to envisage a socialist transition based on the radical democratisation of utilities and governance.
Throughout history, too many left figureheads have presented socialism as something austere and defensive. To defeat an insurgent far-right with no qualms about harnessing affect, we must embrace the utopian joy behind the socialist project.
Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dignified once again.
A timely new book by the cultural critic Philippa Snow observes how the female celebrity magnifies the experiences of her everyday civilian counterparts, using examples from Pamela Anderson to Amy Winehouse.
The longstanding BBC documentary maker fixes his gaze on Britain at the end of the last millennium — with a new focus on the workers who faced the consequences of his grand themes of monetarism and individualism. But is this a tale he’s told before?
The high modernism of Glasgow novelist Alexander Trocchi has often been overshadowed by his low living. As we mark the centenary of his birth, can we discern a meaningful literary legacy beyond his associations with existentialism, Situationism, and counter-culture?
Anarchist bricklayer Lucio Urtubia robbed banks to fund revolutionaries in Franco’s Spain, defrauding Citibank and getting away with it. Surely this is a story we’ve all been waiting for?
