OP-ED: Culture beyond politics
David Solway writes, "Politics progressively sucks the joy out of everything. Comedy becomes ideological instruction. Art becomes activism. Even humour feels pinched, supervised and reactionary."
By: David Solway
David Solway’s latest prose book is Profoundly Superficial (New English Review Press, 2025). His translation of Dov Ben Zamir’s collected poetry New Bottles, Old Wine (Little Nightingale Press) was released in spring 2026. Solway has produced two CDs of original songs: Blood Guitar and Other Tales (2014…
