Diwali, the Hindu festival of of lights takes place on Tuesday 21 0ctober this year. Homes, temples and workplaces are illuminated for up to five days. ‘The... Continue reading
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Image by Martin Gollan By Owen Gallagher Who’d have thought a cozy of knitters of lambswool scarvesand skirts, whose works of art were packedand dispatched to Barbour... Continue reading
Workers, by Peter Kennard by Owen Gallagher We doubled our shifts,filled our bellies with water,queued at food banks. The envelope came:URGENT! Bailiffs left ghostly imagesof our tvand... Continue reading
by Owen Gallagher, with image by Martin Gollan He is a Caesar,a Nero, a global warning,a planet whose orbit collideswith everyone. He is the goldenage of narcissism... Continue reading
Weekly Briefing by Owen Gallagher Starving children trudge to schoolwhile I serve tea to his Majestyand the Prime Minister. The King urges his PM to try his... Continue reading
And while we’re talking about work by Owen Gallagher You can’t sling Capitalism into the washing machine, set it at the highest temperature and expect it to... Continue reading
Children are shrinking before us by Owen Gallagher And when they cut budgets again, for families and schools,we on the opposition benches said: ‘Surelythey can’t cut them... Continue reading
Christmas In Belfast, 1991 by Owen Gallagher Before mass, the milk runs, the paper rounds,she hauled her son in through the door.The soldiers returned to barracks for... Continue reading
Peephole by Owen Gallagher, with image by Jon Addison When a Conservative candidate callsRuth wears a blue rosette. When a Labour candidate knocksshe reaches for red. If... Continue reading