Colin Chambers: Cultures of Communism
Happy December! Tomorrow afternoon I’m meeting up with Helen Lindsay in Greenwich market. Helen is the daughter of the leftist poet and translator Jack Lindsay (1900-1990). One of the things we’ll be talking about is the invasive and ideologically motivated surveillance she feels her father was subject to over decades for his political beliefs and cultural activities […]
Conversations on Communism
This winter I have teamed up with Dr. Elinor Taylor who teaches English Literature at the University of Westminster to create a podcast series exploring British communism. Elinor has submitted a PhD thesis and written a book on the Popular Front Novel in Britain (forthcoming), so she knows a lot more about the field than […]