Greg Freeman reviews the launch of Release the Sausages! Bob Beagrie’s contribution to the launch is here I’ve come across some slim volumes of poetry in my... Continue reading
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Manifesto Press is about to publish the third volume of the writings of Hans Hess, titled ‘Art and Ideology’. We believe that whilst art plays a central... Continue reading
To mark the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, here is the Introduction to Fran Lock’s latest book, with all images by Ignacia Ruiz Introduction: Our Resurrection Who... Continue reading
In 1986, over 5000 print and clerical workers from News International went on strike and were fired. The company owned four of Britain’s biggest and most influential... Continue reading
Andrew Mears has led a call for 100 poets from the NE to produce a book of 100 poems about homelessness. The book, “Words on a NE... Continue reading
In Winding / Unwinding Denni Turp takes the colloquial British cliché “As the actress said to the bishop” and strips away the comic veneer from this classed... Continue reading
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... Continue reading
by Sally Richards I was watching youon T.V.June 2025:mouth movingdefiant orator;blank eyes,not thinkingabout consequences;making soundsuttering,defending the indefensiblewelfare cuts –pebble-dash wordscreating fear, immobilising.Did you truly understandwhat theycooked upin... Continue reading
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
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