Doing politics

This week on CW, as speakers are announced for the London Pre-Election Summit: the Battle for Politics on Saturday 20 March, Luke Gittos reviews James Fishkin’s When the People Speak, and argues that ‘deliberative democracy’ is more deliberate than democratic. Simon Belt explains how the Manchester Salon is filling a gap in the market for critical debate. Cheryl Hudson is disappointed by the political banality of the otherwise enjoyable My Name is Khan, while Sarah Boyes participates in a politically unchallenging poetic performance on the legacy of 1968, and Timandra Harkness finds a little bit of politics in The Gambler at the Royal Opera. Meanwhile, Matt Trueman reviews some comedy.

25 February 2010