Critical realism emerged in the late twentieth century as a response to both positivist empiricism and post-modern constructivism. It posits a stratified social reality, where observable events are ...

In the wake of British broadcast ITV airing its four-part drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, new legislation has been tabled, former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has handed back her CBE and, for ...

Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) is one of the great masters of painting. He has gone down in history for the way he captured the light in his paintings and depicting the differences between Mediterranean ...

Ben Shahn, “Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco," detail, from The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti series detail (1931–32), gouache on paper on board (all photos Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic) What ...

Expressing the life and cause of the masses : ideologies and institutions -- Articulating history to the radical present : murals -- Chronicling the contemporary crisis : graphic art -- Forging a ...

With the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1984-85 miners strike upon us a certain amount of attention rehashing and probably remystifying that pivotal period in UK politics can be expected. Now ...