Culture

Peter Jukes with his personal tribute to Harry Evans, an advisor to Byline, who died last night at the age of 92

The Labour Party is attempting to recapture patriotism from closed-border populists – a move that should be welcomed not condemned, argues Eleanor Longman-Rood

Rev Joe Haward comes from a family with nearly three hundred years in the industry and they do not buy the Brexitoric around fishing

Nathan O'Hagan tries to offer an explanation for why celebrities are more susceptible than most to wild misinformation

Former Labour MP John Denham explains how the repressed impulses of English nationalism represent themselves in Boris, Borishness and Britishness

Chris Sullivan looks at the consequences for Notting Hill of the determination of successive Conservative Governments to deregulate rents and planning

John Mitchinson reflects on what may be the finest moment in print journalism – the use of the press as a channel of truth and justice

Gloria Steinem’s criticisms of the hit show about the 1970s US women’s liberation movement miss the prescience the series shows about how a path to the White House was paved for Donald Trump, writes Ellin Stein

Chis Sullivan examines the history of Notting Hill Carnival and its decades-long battle against the Establishment

As part of Byline Times’ series dedicating to giving a platform to new voices of colour, Neha Maqsood shares her experience of being in lockdown with her Mum and Dad during the Coronavirus crisis in Pakistan

Continuing to wage a Steve Bannon-style culture war, Boris Johnson’s Government will do nothing to confront the damaging legacy of our imperial past because its mythologised symbolism is all it has to sell to Brexit Britain, argues Hardeep Matharu

The Revd Joe Haward shows how the UK Government is turning its historical failure over the Coronavirus pandemic into a myth that blames the victims

Otto English has procured a letter from the Prime Minister's partner about their summer sojourn in Scotland – read on, campers!

Chris Sullivan reviews Infamous, a new dramatisation of the insatiable lust for fame

Richard Hansen offers ideas for how to help the freelance theatre workers on which the industry relies

The often overlooked story of the African soldiers who risked their lives and left their families to fight for the British must finally be recognised – as the sacrifice of their white counterparts is

Outsourcing responsibility for exploitation in the fashion business will not build trust or improved conditions, argues Luke Smitham

As President Donald Trump embraces the extreme Christian fringes, Reverend Joe Haward looks at the radicalising role of religion and nationalism among the US right

John Mitchinson considers the relationship British people have with their country's past and how questions raised by uncomfortable imperial truths remain unanswered

As ‘excess death’ during the Coronavirus pandemic becomes normalised, Otto English counts the cost of a dearly lost friend who made him see the world in a different way