From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about “small industry” between big business and ...

Six people sit down for dinner and never get around to actually eating. Stars: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Cassel. Director: Luis Buñuel ...

In my wild youth, I spent a season in hell as a devotee of Arthur Rimbaud. I read about different-colored vowels as I stayed up way past my bedtime and drank cup after cup of stringent hot tea at the ...

A wealthy African American family gathers at their vacation home in Martha's Vineyard and like at any family gathering, drama and comedy ensue. We'll talk with Lydia Diamond about her play "Stick Fly" ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the mid-nineteenth century the bourgeoisie were apparent everywhere. You met them in theatres and restaurants, in churches and clubs, on beaches and river boats, in woods and parks, often walking ...

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In this special episode of “Working People,” we chat with internationally acclaimed author and bestselling historian Rick Perlstein. As a child of the bourgeoisie himself, Rick offers a unique view ...

The colonial bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka did not form a monolithic class. They were divided horizontally as well as vertically: horizontally on the basis of income and inheritance, and vertically on the ...

MILAN — What does it say about Miuccia Prada’s state of mind that 20 years on from her first fashion encounter with the bourgeoisie, she has come back to that obsession? Yet the designer had found ...