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‘Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck’ – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast
UK NewsPoliticsEntertainment•October 25, 2026 at 8:00 AMNational

‘Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck’ – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

By Presented by Aditya Chakrabortty, produced by Frankie Tobi and Luke John Smith; the executive producers are Maz Ebtehaj, Kirsty Major and James Tindale•The Guardian - UK News

Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different futureWatch the full episode with James Graham here.INK, based on James Graham’s stage play, will be released in UK cinemas on 8 January 2027.Dear England: about the country’s football team under manager Gareth Southgate.Sherwood (mentioned in the conversation): set in the village where James grew up in the shadow of the miners’ strike.Quiz: documenting a notorious scandal on the British gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Continue reading...

Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future

Watch the full episode with James Graham here.

INK, based on James Graham’s stage play, will be released in UK cinemas on 8 January 2027.

Dear England: about the country’s football team under manager Gareth Southgate.

Sherwood (mentioned in the conversation): set in the village where James grew up in the shadow of the miners’ strike.

Quiz: documenting a notorious scandal on the British gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Continue reading...