Culture Matters is proud to present an online double-header featuring the poetic stylings of CM stalwarts Fran Lock and Alan McGuire. Fran will read from Love is... Continue reading
Reel Knewz and the Bin Men of Birmingham: A Garbage State of Affairs First, a poem by James O’Brien….. Bin Juice Bin juice is the toxic residue... Continue reading
Release the Sausages! is an anthology of poems, with absolutely no poems in it. It is a celebration of the first twelve months of Starmer’s government –... Continue reading
Words United is a new book of poems, anecdotes and observations, a fleet of word-drones sent to expose the brutal genocide, displacement and mass starvation visited upon... Continue reading
We note with deep sadness the death of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. The outstanding Kenyan author died on May 28 at the age of 87. With his passing,... Continue reading
Artwork by Danny Cookney Conference at Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, 19th and 20th June 2025 Cities tell stories about themselves. Manchester likes to tell a... Continue reading
Mik Critchlow. Copyright Mik Critchlow A new gallery dedicated to the acclaimed photographer Mik Critchlow has opened at Woodhorn Museum, Northumberland. Below are some details on it,... Continue reading
A series of actions have been called in support of the campaign to free imprisoned writer, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, from prison in Egypt. Alaa is arguably the... Continue reading
If You Want To Change Things, You Cannit Change Them From The Floor, by Narbi Price 40 years on from the end of the Miners’ Strike, award-winning... Continue reading
Image credit: Courtesy NOT Wieden+Kennedy By Pete Mullineaux In a parallel universe, not that different fromthis one, but with a few marked variations,at the Eurovision Song Contest,... Continue reading