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About Culture Wars


Culture Wars is a critical examination of the 'dumbing down' debate in arts, media and education with reviews of recent productions and events.

This section of The Brighton Salon is contains articles written for Culture wars by Brighton Salonassociates.

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An Offside Argument

Dan Travis Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sport
by Joe Humphreys (Icon Books)

The book does not fall into the trap of turning sport into a cause, a trend amongst sports bodies and government policy makers. It does, however, manifest a particularly nihilistic and fearful attitude to sporting competition. (May 2008)

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Social critique by stealth

Anna TravisSocial critique by stealth: why a subversive heart supplies the veins of all good comedy

A Battle in Print essay by Anna Travis from the Battle of Ideas 2008


Although the interwar years of Weimar Germany and 1960s Britain appeared to be golden moments for anti-establishment mirth, it is easy to miss the insubordinate heart of satire that is still beating as strong today, as thoughtful humour is so often social critique by stealth.

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