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The Rose Held in the Teeth: The 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Book cover The Spanish Civil War erupted in late July, 1936. To mark the anniversary, Culture Matters has just published this book, an anthology of poems selected…
Remember Hussam Abu Safiya
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya By Mike Jenkins The last time I saw himHe was bruised and brokenCould only talk by whispering,Dried blood on his faceHe stumbled into…
LISTEN! – ‘How to Get Filthy Rich’: Channel 4 Documentary with Gary Stevenson
Pyramid of the Capitalist System: Commons image By Violet White Gary says:‘Listen.. listen..’And if you do, you might detect echoes in that ‘Listen..’(‘Behold.’. ‘ I tell you.’….
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By Roger Cornish She lay in her damp cavern. NoThrone or gowns. The workers hadStripped her of her wings. She is filled with enough spermTo lock her…
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Why can’t Women Be Priests?
Photo credit: Stephen Brash By Geoff Bottoms Why can’t women be priests? It’s a good question whose time has come, and in many parts of the universal…
Ten books that shook the World Cup
Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman recommends ten reads that reveal the tournament at its best and worst.
Bass, Big Beer & popular demand
By Keith Flett Can a campaign from below, a democratic campaign on a social and cultural activity like beer drinking, have any effect? Yes, it can. The…
Neither Trump nor Infantino but International Footballism
Canada, Mexico, USA Mark Perryman explains how despite the worst efforts of FIFA and the White House, three hats symbolise what remains of a fans’ World Cup I am not…
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Photo credit: Stephen Brash By Geoff Bottoms Why can’t women be priests? It’s a good question whose time has come, and in many parts of... Continue reading
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya By Mike Jenkins The last time I saw himHe was bruised and brokenCould only talk by whispering,Dried blood on his faceHe... Continue reading
Pyramid of the Capitalist System: Commons image By Violet White Gary says:‘Listen.. listen..’And if you do, you might detect echoes in that ‘Listen..’(‘Behold.’. ‘ I... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish She lay in her damp cavern. NoThrone or gowns. The workers hadStripped her of her wings. She is filled with enough spermTo... Continue reading
By Roger Cornish They’ve about emptied yaout now boy A thousand bicyclesa robbed safehundreds of shopping trolleysthe odd suicide You flow onno more factory dye... Continue reading
By Samuel Marshall Brian Bilston wrote,“America is a GunEngland is a cup of tea.” Now England is a knife. Daily news,of young lives lostto the... Continue reading
Commons image By Violet White We feel as if we’re going crazy;when it’s not the grief, it’s their chicanery.Day by day they ask us to... Continue reading
By Claudia Court Lay out your finest brushes – only pure bristlewill do. You’ll want a steady hand to strokethose anguished eyebrows onto the canvas,capture... Continue reading
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and... Continue reading