By Jim Aitken Michael Rosen loves words. He loves their sense, their sounds, their layers of meaning and the uses they can be put to. He does... Continue reading
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Published by Penguin Books, 2025 By Jim Aitken ‘They can’t break or occupy my words’ – Mahmoud Darwish We Are Not Numbers by Ahmed Alnaouq and Pam... Continue reading
Paul Trevor, Anti-racists gather to block route of National Front demonstration, New Cross Road, London, August 1977 © Paul Trevor by Jim Aitken Not long after this... Continue reading
by Jim Aitken For Ward Jalal Al- Shaikh Khalil The whole world saw her silhouettedancing through the flames of a school.There was something ethereal,some strange scene from... Continue reading
Palestine refugees enforced to flee Hamad quarter in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, after receiving an evacuation warning from Israeli army. Commons image. by Jim Aitken MacCaig... Continue reading
by Jim Aitken A headline in the Daily Telegraph on the 11th of April this year read, ’Migrants are handed life jackets by the French.’ This implied... Continue reading
Available here by Jim Aitken It is a ghastly thing to admit but we have become almost inured to the cruelty and barbarism meted out to the... Continue reading
by Jim Aitken The Scots word ootlin refers to someone deemed a stranger, an outcast, a despised or neglected member of a family. It is an awful... Continue reading
by Jim Aitken Malibu Mansionslook a bit like Gaza nowbut with more burnt cars. Continue reading
May Day is Jackie Kay’s latest poetry collection. It is addressed to her parents, Helen and John Kay, who adopted her as a baby. They had both... Continue reading
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