‘Yes I think we [Welsh] rather love precipices, we go towards them, then withdraw… I think we all do, we Celts… …there was a second or two... Continue reading
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‘It feels a dark kind of summer, in which prejudice is dressed in fuchsia and the political class shrug their shoulders while the angry mob grows. We... Continue reading
A Review of Undercover Work by Nick Burbridge (Olympia Publishers, 2025) By Alan Morrison Nick Burbridge is a Brighton-based ‘stalwart of the folk revival’, a veteran songwriter-lyricist... Continue reading
Another interior monologue from Keir Starmer on his suspension of four Labour rebels who voted against the Pathways to Work green paper, Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison The Chancellor sits puffy-eyed on the front benchAs the Prime Minister leans in to his nondescript scriptAt the despatch box amidst rambunctiousEighteenth century theatrics... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison As Chief Whip Alan Campbell left CabinetOn Tuesday 1st JulyWalking along the sun-pounded pavementOf Downing Street the day of the voteOn the Pathways to... Continue reading
A poem commemorating the death of radical poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on 8th July 1822 ls’t not enough that splendour’s useless glare,Real grandeur’s bane, must mock the... Continue reading
An internal monologue from Keir Starmer anticipating the Pathways to Work Green Paper vote of 1st July 2025 ‘Given steady economic growth, however, ‘the true object of... Continue reading
Photo copyright © Public Domain Dedication (CC0) By Alan Morrison Don’t flagAgatha Rag—Though the long August days are parched & drag,Roll up your baggage & your sleeping... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison Our souls in bondage to the shadow of the Baby Boom,Playground of gray-haired children, incubi in silvered bloom—Harangue them through a megaphone, protestor’s spittoon,Expect... Continue reading
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