By Emma Storr I enjoyed the variety of these seven stories written mainly in the first person. In the preface to the book the author explains that... Continue reading
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By Alan Morrison Their colour the turquoiseOf the sea that surroundsOur island fortressWhich they seek to reinforceWith fire-lit vigilsGuard-patrolled battlementsRaised drawbridges& thoroughly closed borders(Lapping up votesIn aid... Continue reading
The Baptist said of everything going on in Gaza:It’ll all come out in the wash… All the bloodstains of Palestinian innocentsWill come out in the wash? The... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison Death and destruction from the sky all day long—Pete Hegseth, US defence secretary Operation Epic Fury unofficially paves the wayTo the blasted foundations of... Continue reading
Edited by Nandi Jola and Omobola Osamor (CivicLeicester, 2025) By Alan Morrison At this time of anti-immigrant rhetoric and measures of the Western Right, from Trump’s thuggish... Continue reading
By Ness Sadri “This is England you know, this is a Christian country!” I hear those words not directed at me but at the new owners – a... Continue reading
(Photo © Ness Sadri) By Alan Morrison A sticker on the sign to a private entranceway Inarticulately states in four white squares That grid the crudely... Continue reading
By Alan Morrison Prolific socialist poet, playwright and verse-dramatist Tony Harrison passed away yesterday aged 88. His many works included The Loiners (1970), From the School of... Continue reading
A Few More Sunrises Yet Before It Ends – Selected Poems by Martin Hayes (Broken Sleep Books, 2025), 359pp By Alan Morrison A Few More Sunrises Yet... Continue reading
I thought they were slightly incomprehensible comments that were totally inappropriate. It doesn’t disturb me, because it’s actually proof that we live in a country where free... Continue reading
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