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Review by Neil Fulwood, editor of the superb website Chainlink There is a technique in poetry, borrowed from Apophatic Theology, called the via negativa, whereby attention is drawn…
Published by Penguin Books, 2025 By Jim Aitken ‘They can’t break or occupy my words’ – Mahmoud Darwish We Are Not Numbers by Ahmed Alnaouq and Pam…
by Alan Morrison The Chancellor sits puffy-eyed on the front benchAs the Prime Minister leans in to his nondescript Script at the despatch box amidst rambunctiousEighteenth century…
Cover pic: still from the American mockumentary The Office Will Kitchen introduces his new book In his book The Great Cat Massacre and other Episodes in French…
By Alan McGuire In the Madrid underground, there’s an anti-drugs advert that shows a mirror alongside the words: “You are seeing who is responsible for your life.”…
Free Palestine! By Nick Moss The politics of genocide At the time of writing, Palestine Action have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Those Labour MPs who…
The country pub offers a seductive account of an imagined country lifestyle – timeless bucolic images and rustic comfortable settings. However, there is a deeper, darker side…