By Michael Roberts Professor David Harvey is a highly influential Marxist geographer and economic theorist whose work spans several decades. He is the author of
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Andrzej Wajda: Giant of European cinema
ANDY FORD looks at the life and works of this remarkable film maker. Polish film maker, Andrzej Wajda, was born 100 years ago, in March
JOE LANGABEER reviews this TV series based on the dystopian video game. [WARNING – this review contains partial spoilers of some plot twists] The second
By Joe Langabeer Industry, a co-production between the BBC and HBO, is a drama that examines the chaotic and corrupt lives of young bankers working
By Andy Ford As it often does with period drama, the BBC has done an outstanding job in dramatising the backgrounds of the three Bronte
Review by Andy Ford BBC Radio 4’s Briefing Room programme can sometimes give a fascinating insight into the views of some of the more sober
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Books of the year 2025
By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This
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Book review: The Children of the Arbat
By John Pickard I have just started reading the third book in the Arbat trilogy by Anatoli Rybakov (1911-1998). If it is half as good
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Why Lucy?
By Robin Jamieson, C Psychol, AFBPsS, former head of Psychology for an NHS trust. The Lucy Letby documentary on ITV disturbed me, not for its questionable
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Book reviews: dollar decline, failures of mainstream economics and epochal crisis
By Michael Roberts It’s mid-summer in the Northern hemisphere, so I thought it might be the time for a quiet review of some books on
