Alex Niven
@alexniven.bsky.social
Editor @TribuneMagazine.bsky.social
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A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
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Really loved putting this together with Chal, a true legend of the game
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the 2020s — with fellow music journalist @liaminscoejones.bsky.social
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Has Pop Music Finally Eaten Itself?
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Really loved putting this together with Chal, a true legend of the game
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Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remarkable socialist art.
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Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remarkable socialist art.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
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The high modernism of Glasgow novelist Alexander Trocchi has often been overshadowed by his low living. At the centenary of his birth, can we discern a meaningful literary legacy beyond his associations with existentialism, Situationism and counterculture?
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Saltire Situationism
The high modernism of Glasgow novelist Alexander Trocchi has often been overshadowed by his low living. At the centenary of his birth, can we discern a meaningful literary legacy beyond his associatio...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The high modernism of Glasgow novelist Alexander Trocchi has often been overshadowed by his low living. At the centenary of his birth, can we discern a meaningful literary legacy beyond his associations with existentialism, Situationism and counterculture?
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/salt...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/salt...
Anarchist bricklayer Lucio Urtubia robbed banks to fund revolutionaries in Franco’s Spain, defrauding Citibank and getting away with it. Surely this is a story we’ve all been waiting for?
Huw Lemmey on a contentious autobiography by a Spanish leftist hero.
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Huw Lemmey on a contentious autobiography by a Spanish leftist hero.
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The People’s Bank Robber
Anarchist bricklayer Lucio Urtubia robbed banks to fund revolutionaries in Franco’s Spain, defrauding Citibank and getting away with it. Surely this is a story we’ve all been waiting for?
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October 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Anarchist bricklayer Lucio Urtubia robbed banks to fund revolutionaries in Franco’s Spain, defrauding Citibank and getting away with it. Surely this is a story we’ve all been waiting for?
Huw Lemmey on a contentious autobiography by a Spanish leftist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
Huw Lemmey on a contentious autobiography by a Spanish leftist hero.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
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The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
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We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
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I put this night on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social.
Come and stroke your chin and drink loads of pints.
Come and stroke your chin and drink loads of pints.
LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3
Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM
@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM
@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I put this night on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social.
Come and stroke your chin and drink loads of pints.
Come and stroke your chin and drink loads of pints.
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Attention North Easterners! These events put on by @pdkmitchell.bsky.social, @leighsus.bsky.social and @alexniven.bsky.social look great.
LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3
Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM
@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM
@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Attention North Easterners! These events put on by @pdkmitchell.bsky.social, @leighsus.bsky.social and @alexniven.bsky.social look great.
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Young people are facing one of the toughest job markets in decades: there has been a 33 percent drop in graduate job listings compared to this time last year. Read Tribune staff writer Grace Blakeley on the cost of living crisis.
The Great Living Squeeze
A sense of malaise among younger generations is backed up by hard economic statistics speaking of a drastic decline in living standards. How can we overhaul the individualist non-society responsible…
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August 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Young people are facing one of the toughest job markets in decades: there has been a 33 percent drop in graduate job listings compared to this time last year. Read Tribune staff writer Grace Blakeley on the cost of living crisis.
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As our new issue, ‘Beyond Decline’, is released, Tribune editor Alex Niven argues collective hope is the antidote to societal despair and the key to recovering the soul of socialism.
The War Against Decline
If it feels as though we’re living through a time of decline, that’s partly because social disintegration has been the whole point of mainstream politics for decades. But as the writing in the new…
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August 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As our new issue, ‘Beyond Decline’, is released, Tribune editor Alex Niven argues collective hope is the antidote to societal despair and the key to recovering the soul of socialism.
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#GreyLabour was (I think) first elaborated by Tribune's editor @alexniven.bsky.social in February 2024 - spot on Alex.
The latest article is behind a paywall, sorry, but you can read Alex's piece here:
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The latest article is behind a paywall, sorry, but you can read Alex's piece here:
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/grey...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/grey...
Grey Labour vs. the Working Class
Late 2020s British culture is dominated by an oppressive mix of boredom and quiet violence. Meanwhile, working-class forms of expression are aggressively marginalised by a decaying bourgeoisie.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#GreyLabour was (I think) first elaborated by Tribune's editor @alexniven.bsky.social in February 2024 - spot on Alex.
The latest article is behind a paywall, sorry, but you can read Alex's piece here:
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/grey...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/grey...
The latest article is behind a paywall, sorry, but you can read Alex's piece here:
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/grey...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/grey...
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I’m in this! Spoke to Chal Ravens about newness in music 15 years on from Retromania, AirPods, the new Niontay album and other things, I’m really proud of how it came out
Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week.
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
August 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I’m in this! Spoke to Chal Ravens about newness in music 15 years on from Retromania, AirPods, the new Niontay album and other things, I’m really proud of how it came out
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toot toot new tribune! i'm inside writing about philippa snow's excellent new book it's terrible the things i have to do to be me, which looks at the female celebrity as a monstrous magnifier of her civilian counterparts. buy a magazine!
Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week.
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
August 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
toot toot new tribune! i'm inside writing about philippa snow's excellent new book it's terrible the things i have to do to be me, which looks at the female celebrity as a monstrous magnifier of her civilian counterparts. buy a magazine!
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Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week.
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week.
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
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A few weeks before Palestine Action was proscribed in Britain, anti-fascist French organisation Jeune Garde suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Macron government. Is Europe’s extreme centre trying to eradicate left activism? tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/is-b...
Is Banning Left Protest the New Normal?
A few weeks before Palestine Action was proscribed in Britain, anti-fascist French organisation Jeune Garde suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Macron government. Is Europe’s extreme centre tr...
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July 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A few weeks before Palestine Action was proscribed in Britain, anti-fascist French organisation Jeune Garde suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Macron government. Is Europe’s extreme centre trying to eradicate left activism? tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/is-b...
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Visionary Japanese sci-fi author Izumi Suzuki anticipated our present malaise decades ago, in writing that combines melancholy for the failure of sixties radicalism with scepticism about a world of ubiquitous screens.
Acid Japonisme
Visionary Japanese sci-fi author Izumi Suzuki anticipated our present malaise decades ago, in writing that combines melancholy for the failure of sixties radicalism with scepticism about a world of…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Visionary Japanese sci-fi author Izumi Suzuki anticipated our present malaise decades ago, in writing that combines melancholy for the failure of sixties radicalism with scepticism about a world of ubiquitous screens.
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As socialists from all over the world prepare to attend the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, we explore the story of the Gala’s iconic banners, which celebrate our historic solidarity and continuing hope in the face of oppression and hatred.
DMG 2025: Communism in the Coalfields
As socialists from all over the world prepare to attend the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, we explore the story of the Gala’s iconic banners, which celebrate our historic solidarity and continuing hope…
tribunemag.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
As socialists from all over the world prepare to attend the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, we explore the story of the Gala’s iconic banners, which celebrate our historic solidarity and continuing hope in the face of oppression and hatred.
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The long-shuttered cottage forge is the last remnant of a remarkable industrial experiment, the legacy of which should be written in iron, but is barely known.
Paul Brown on Winlaton's claim as the foundation of the industrial revolution.
Paul Brown on Winlaton's claim as the foundation of the industrial revolution.
DMG 2025: Birthplace of the Working Class
In the first of a series of pieces leading up to Saturday’s Durham Miners’ Gala, we examine a forgotten corner of County Durham with a strong claim to be the one of the global birthplaces of the…
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July 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The long-shuttered cottage forge is the last remnant of a remarkable industrial experiment, the legacy of which should be written in iron, but is barely known.
Paul Brown on Winlaton's claim as the foundation of the industrial revolution.
Paul Brown on Winlaton's claim as the foundation of the industrial revolution.
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It is now several decades since the collapse of the British coal industry. But in Peterlee — a ‘left behind’ former mining town in County Durham — utopian dreams are being revived through a combination of grassroots creativity and public funding.
DMG 2025: A New Career in a New Town
It is now several decades since the collapse of the British coal industry. But in Peterlee — a ‘left behind’ former mining town in County Durham — utopian dreams are being revived through a…
tribunemag.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It is now several decades since the collapse of the British coal industry. But in Peterlee — a ‘left behind’ former mining town in County Durham — utopian dreams are being revived through a combination of grassroots creativity and public funding.
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Ahead of this weekend's Durham Miners' Gala, I wrote about the birthplace of the working class for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/dmg-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/dmg-...
DMG 2025: Birthplace of the Working Class
In the first of a series of pieces leading up to Saturday’s Durham Miners’ Gala, we examine a forgotten corner of County Durham with a strong claim to be the one of the global birthplaces of the indus...
tribunemag.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ahead of this weekend's Durham Miners' Gala, I wrote about the birthplace of the working class for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/dmg-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/dmg-...
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In a media landscape where nuanced political breakthroughs are often credited to ‘genius Svengalis’, spin doctor Morgan McSweeney has become the crown prince of Starmerism. But now his fragile empire is crumbling to dust.
McSweeney’s Death Rattle
In a media landscape where nuanced political breakthroughs are often credited to ‘genius Svengalis’, spin doctor Morgan McSweeney has become the crown prince of Starmerism. But now his fragile empire…
tribunemag.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In a media landscape where nuanced political breakthroughs are often credited to ‘genius Svengalis’, spin doctor Morgan McSweeney has become the crown prince of Starmerism. But now his fragile empire is crumbling to dust.
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The next edition of the semi-regular culture night I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social is only two days away and tickets are flying out.
I'll be asking @garethdennis.uk all about trains!
I'll be asking @garethdennis.uk all about trains!
STRIKE AT THE ENEMY WITH TRANSPORT!
LORT BURN SPECIALS
NEWCASTLE 07.04.2025
GARETH DENNIS
YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER
LYNDSEY EYRE
JAKE TRELEASE
LUCY VALENTINE
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LORT BURN SPECIALS
NEWCASTLE 07.04.2025
GARETH DENNIS
YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER
LYNDSEY EYRE
JAKE TRELEASE
LUCY VALENTINE
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July 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The next edition of the semi-regular culture night I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social is only two days away and tickets are flying out.
I'll be asking @garethdennis.uk all about trains!
I'll be asking @garethdennis.uk all about trains!
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My interview with @alexniven.bsky.social for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social earlier this year talking #WorkandPlay
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Dave Proudlove: ‘Three Figures to Watch Fulham? Come on Lads’
A new book about grassroots football and its industrial past sheds light on neglected spaces of working-class experience. Tribune sat down with its author Dave Proudlove to talk gentrification, escapi...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My interview with @alexniven.bsky.social for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social earlier this year talking #WorkandPlay
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/dave...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/dave...
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As Oasis embarks on their 2025 reunion tour, @alexniven.bsky.social looks back to where it all began.
Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚
#MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚
#MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As Oasis embarks on their 2025 reunion tour, @alexniven.bsky.social looks back to where it all began.
Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚
#MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚
#MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social