Part print publication, part cultural excavation, Left Cultures digs into our creative past, shining a light on the films, literature, music, and art that shaped radical movements. Each issue connects past and present, celebrating storytelling as a tool for resistance through the voices of those pushing culture forward today. 

This chat is hosted by Jennifer Reid. A fierce guardian of Lancashire dialect and 19th-century Manchester street song, Jennifer Reid breathes life into working-class history with charged vocal delivery – be that at a museum, festival, or unsuspecting street corner. Pulling the past into the present, her performances remind audiences that folk traditions are as much about rebellion as they are about nostalgia. And she also dances in clogs.