Raymond Williams believed that making connections between politics, economics, education and culture was a continuing critical task. This is a critical exploration of every aspect Williams's work, which spans his fiction and non-fiction, and his contributions to drama, film, literary criticism, sociology, cultural studies, media studies and politics.

'Duende. That most vital struggle, when touching death is knowing, and truly knowing, life.' In the years leading up to the Spanish Civil War, two men fall in love, a relationship which, in public, can never be accepted. Throughout their lives, Nayo, an artist, and Jose, a philosopher, wrestle with the duende, a force propelling passion, authenticity and fearless confrontation with death. Their journey coincides with that of real-life people: Salvador Dali, Ortega y Gasset and, most significantly, Federico Garcia Lorca who becomes their friend. Nayo and Jose are part of this wider movement in...